Proverbs 6 — Words, Work, and Destruction

1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;💡

2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.💡

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;💡

4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;💡

5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.💡

6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:💡

7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,💡

8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.💡

9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?💡

10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:💡

11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.💡

12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;💡

13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;💡

14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.💡

15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.💡

16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:💡

17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;💡

18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,💡

19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.💡

20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:💡

21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.💡

22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.💡

23For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:💡

24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.💡

25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.💡

26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.💡

27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?💡

28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?💡

29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.💡

30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:💡

31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.💡

32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.💡

33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.💡

34For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.💡

35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.💡