Proverbs 6 — ILT
6Verse 1My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;Verse 2If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:Verse 3[Then] do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.Verse 4Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.Verse 5Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.Verse 6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.Verse 7She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler,Verse 8Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.Verse 9How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Verse 10“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”Verse 11But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.Verse 12A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.Verse 13He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;Verse 14Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.Verse 15Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.Verse 16Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:Verse 17Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,Verse 18A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,Verse 19A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.Verse 20Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:Verse 21Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.Verse 22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou art awake, it shall converse with thee.Verse 23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:Verse 24To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.Verse 25Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.Verse 26For by means of a harlot [one is brought down] to the last loaf of bread: and an adulterous woman will even hunt for the precious life,Verse 27Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?Verse 28Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?Verse 29So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.Verse 30Men do not despise the thief, if he steal, to gratify his craving when he is hungry:Verse 31And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.Verse 32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.Verse 33Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.Verse 34For jealousy is the fury of a husband, and he will not spare on the day of vengeance.Verse 35He will not regard the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.