Proverbs Chapter 6 of 31 about 3 min read

Proverbs 6

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Verse 1. My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

Verse 2. if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

Verse 3. then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

Verse 4. Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Verse 5. Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Verse 6. Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Verse 7. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

Verse 8. it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

Verse 9. How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Verse 10. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Verse 11. and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Verse 12. A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Verse 13. winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

Verse 14. With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Verse 15. Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

Verse 16. There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:

Verse 17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Verse 18. a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Verse 19. a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Verse 20. My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

Verse 21. Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

Verse 22. When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Verse 23. For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

Verse 24. to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Verse 25. Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Verse 26. For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Verse 27. Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Verse 28. Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

Verse 29. So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Verse 30. Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Verse 31. Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

Verse 32. He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Verse 33. Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

Verse 34. For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

Verse 35. He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.