Proverbs - Chapter 6 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, {cf15I if} thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
  • 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 guide, overseer, or ruler,
  • 8. Provideth her meat in the summer, {cf15I 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • 12. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
  • 13. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
  • 14. Frowardness {cf15I is} in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
  • 15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
  • 16. These six {cf15I things} doth the LORD hate: yea, seven {cf15I are} an abomination unto him:
  • 17. A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
  • 18. An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
  • 19. A false witness {cf15I that} speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
  • 20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • 21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, {cf15I and} tie them about thy neck.
  • 22. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and {cf15I when} thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
  • 23. For the commandment {cf15I is} a lamp; and the law {cf15I is} light; and reproofs of instruction {cf15I are} the way of life:
  • 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
  • 26. For by means of a whorish woman {cf15I a man is brought} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
  • 27. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
  • 28. Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
  • 29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
  • 30. {cf15I Men} do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
  • 31. But {cf15I if} he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
  • 32. {cf15I But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {cf15I that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
  • 33. A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
  • 34. For jealousy {cf15I is} the rage of a man: therefore 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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