Proverbios 6

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, thy hands for a stranger; ² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; ⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; ⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. ⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: ⁷ Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, ⁸ Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, sleep: ¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 6:11 Hebrew a man with a shield. __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ an armed man. ¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; ¹³ That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 6:13 Or, teacheth with __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ maketh signs with his fingers; ¹⁴ In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, soweth discord. ¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. ¹⁶ There are six things which Jehovah hateth; unto him: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; ¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ A false witness that uttereth lies, __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 6:19 Hebrew letteth loose. __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ soweth discord among brethren. ²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, law of thy mother: ²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck. ²² When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. ²³ For the commandment is a lamp; and __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Proverbs 6:23 Or, their teaching __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: ²⁴ To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. ²⁵ Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. ²⁶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. ²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? ²⁸ Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? ²⁹ So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; unpunished. ³⁰ Men do not despise a thief, if he steal himself when he is hungry: ³¹ But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. ³² He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul. ³³ Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away. ³⁴ For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. ³⁵ He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.