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The Proverbs

Chapter 6

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Pr 6:1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Pr 6:2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Pr 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;
Pr 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Pr 6:5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Pr 6:6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Pr 6:7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
Pr 6:8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
Pr 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Pr 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Pr 6:11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Pr 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
Pr 6:13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
Pr 6:14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Pr 6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Pr 6:16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Pr 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Pr 6:18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
Pr 6:19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
Pr 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
Pr 6:21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
Pr 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.
Pr 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Pr 6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
Pr 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Pr 6:26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
Pr 6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Pr 6:28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
Pr 6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
Pr 6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
Pr 6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
Pr 6:32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
Pr 6:33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Pr 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Pr 6:35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.