Proverbs - Chapter 6 | American Standard Version

  • 1. My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
  • 2. Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
  • 3. Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
  • 4. Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
  • 5. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand {cf15i of the hunter}, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • 6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
  • 7. Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
  • 8. Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
  • 9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
  • 10. {cf15i Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • 11. So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
  • 12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
  • 13. That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
  • 14. In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • 15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
  • 16. There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
  • 17. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
  • 18. A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
  • 19. A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • 20. My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • 21. Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
  • 22. When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  • 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
  • 25. Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
  • 26. For on account of a harlot {cf15i a man is brought} to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
  • 27. Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
  • 28. Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
  • 29. So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
  • 30. Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
  • 31. But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
  • 32. He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
  • 33. Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
  • 34. For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
  • 35. He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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