The Proverbs

6:1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,

 If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

 ^6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,

 Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

 ^6:3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,

 Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:

 Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

 ^6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes,

 Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

 ^6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,

 And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
 
 

 ^6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard;

 Consider her ways, and be wise:

 ^6:7Which having no chief,

 Overseer, or ruler,

 ^6:8Provideth her bread in the summer,

 And gathereth her food in the harvest.

 ^6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?

 When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

 ^6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,

 A little folding of the hands to sleep:

 ^6:11So shall thy poverty come as a robber,

 And thy want as an armed man.

 ^6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity,

 Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

 ^6:13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet,

 That maketh signs with his fingers;

 ^6:14In whose heart is perverseness,

 Who deviseth evil continually,

 Who soweth discord.

 ^6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;

 On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

 ^6:16There are six things which Jehovah hateth;

 Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

 ^6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,

 And hands that shed innocent blood;

 ^6:18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,

 Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

 ^6:19A false witness that uttereth lies,

 And he that soweth discord among brethren.
 
 

 ^6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father,

 And forsake not the law of thy mother:

 ^6:21Bind them continually upon thy heart;

 Tie them about thy neck.

 ^6:22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;

 When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee;

 And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

 ^6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;

 And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

 ^6:24To keep thee from the evil woman,

 From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

 ^6:25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;

 Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

 ^6:26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;

 And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

 ^6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom,

 And his clothes not be burned?

 ^6:28Or can one walk upon hot coals,

 And his feet not be scorched?

 ^6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife;

 Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

 ^6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal

 To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

 ^6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;

 He shall give all the substance of his house.

 ^6:32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding:

 He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

 ^6:33Wounds and dishonor shall he get;

 And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

 ^6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man;

 And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

 ^6:35He will not regard any ransom;

 Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.