Proverbs — Chapter 6
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1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.→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 guide, overseer, or ruler,→8Provideth her meat 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.→12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.→13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;→14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.→15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.→16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:→17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,→18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,→19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.→20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:→21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.→22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep 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 tongue of a strange woman.→25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.→26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.→27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?→28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?→29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.→30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;→31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.→32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.→33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.→34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore 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.→