Proverbs 6

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,	1 My son, if you have become surety to your neighbor, given your hand in pledge to another,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.	2 You have been snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth;
3 Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure 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 thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.	4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, 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, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:	6 Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,	7 For though she has no chief, no commander or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat 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 arise out of thy sleep?	9 How long, O sluggard, will you rest? when will you rise from your sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:	10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest--
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.	11 Then will poverty come upon you like a highway man, and want like an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.	12 A scoundrel, a villain, is he who deals in crooked talk.
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;	13 He winks his eyes, shuffles his feet, makes signs with his fingers;
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.	14 He has perversity in his heart, is always plotting evil, sows discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.	15 Therefore suddenly ruin comes upon him; in an instant he is crushed beyond cure.
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:	16 There are six things the LORD hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him;
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,	17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,	18 A heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.	19 The false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, 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 continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.	21 Keep them fastened over your heart always, put them around your neck;
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is 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 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.	24 To keep you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.	25 Lust not in your heart after her beauty, let her not captivate you with her glance!
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.	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 take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?	27 Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his garments not burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?	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; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.	29 So with him who goes in to his neighbor's wife-- none who touches her shall go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;	30 Men despise not the thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give 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 whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.	32 But he who commits adultery is a fool; he who would destroy himself does it.
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.	33 A degrading beating will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away;
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.	34 For vindictive is the husband's wrath, he will have no pity on the day of vengeance;
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.	35 He will not consider any restitution, nor be satisfied with the greatest gifts.