Proverbs 6

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.	1 My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,
2 Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.	2 then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.
3 Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:	3 Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend.
4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.	4 Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber.
5 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.	5 Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:	6 Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom.
7 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,	7 For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader,
8 Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.	8 she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?	9 How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep?
10 Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:	10 You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep,
11 And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.	11 and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.
12 A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,	12 An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;
13 He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.	13 he winks with the eyes, touches with the foot, speaks with the finger.
14 With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.	14 With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.
15 To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.	15 To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
16 Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:	16 Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,	17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,	18 a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
19 A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.	19 a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20 My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.	20 My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
21 Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.	21 Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
22 When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.	22 When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.
23 Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:	23 For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
24 That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.	24 So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
25 Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:	25 Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
26 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.	26 For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
27 Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?	27 Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
28 Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?	28 Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.	29 So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
30 The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:	30 Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.
31 And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.	31 Also, if he is apprehended, he shall repay sevenfold and hand over all the substance of his house.
32 But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:	32 But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul.
33 He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:	33 He gathers shame and dishonor to himself, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,	34 For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication,
35 Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.	35 nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.