Proverbs 6

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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 become surety to your neighbor, given your hand in pledge to another,
² Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.	² You have been snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth;
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 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's power: Go, hurry, stir up your neighbor!
⁴ Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.	⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids;
⁵ Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.	⁵ Free yourself as a gazelle from the snare, or as 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, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;
⁷ Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,	⁷ For though she has no chief, no commander or ruler,
⁸ Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.	⁸ She procures her food in the summer, stores up her provisions in the harvest.
⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?	⁹ How long, O sluggard, will you rest? when will you rise from your sleep?
¹⁰ Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:	¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest--
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 Then will poverty come upon you like a highway man, and want like an armed man.
¹² A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,	¹² A scoundrel, a villain, is he who deals in crooked talk.
¹³ He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.	¹³ He winks his eyes, shuffles his feet, makes signs with his fingers;
¹⁴ With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.	¹⁴ He has perversity in his heart, is always plotting evil, sows discord.
¹⁵ To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.	¹⁵ Therefore suddenly ruin comes upon him; in an instant he is crushed beyond cure.
¹⁶ Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:	¹⁶ There are six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;
¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,	¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,	¹⁸ A heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
¹⁹ A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.	¹⁹ The false witness who utters 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 Observe, my son, your father's bidding, and reject not your mother's teaching;
²¹ Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.	²¹ Keep them fastened over your heart always, put them around your neck;
²² When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk 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 the bidding is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and a way to life are the reproofs of discipline;
²⁴ That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.	²⁴ To keep you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
²⁵ Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:	²⁵ Lust not in your heart after her beauty, let her not captivate you with her glance!
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 loose woman may be scarcely a loaf of bread, But if she is married, she is a trap for your precious life.
²⁷ Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?	²⁷ Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his garments not burned?
²⁸ Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?	²⁸ Or can a man walk on live coals, and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.	²⁹ So with him who goes in to his neighbor's wife-- none who touches her shall go unpunished.
³⁰ The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:	³⁰ Men despise not the thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry;
³¹ And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.	³¹ Yet if he be caught he must pay back sevenfold; all the wealth of his house he may yield up.
³² But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:	³² But he who commits adultery is a fool; he who would destroy himself does it.
³³ He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:	³³ A degrading beating will he get, 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 vindictive is the husband's wrath, he will have no pity on the day of vengeance;
³⁵ Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.	³⁵ He will not consider any restitution, nor be satisfied with the greatest gifts.

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