Proverbs


6:1
 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,


6:2
 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.


6:3
 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.


6:4
 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.


6:5
 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.


6:6
 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:


6:7
 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,


6:8
 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.


6:9
 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?


6:10
 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:


6:11
 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.


6:12
 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.


6:13
 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;


6:14
 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.


6:15
 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.


6:16
 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:


6:17
 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,


6:18
 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,


6:19
 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.


6:20
 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:


6:21
 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.


6:22
 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.


6:23
 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:


6:24
 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.


6:25
 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.


6:26
 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.


6:27
 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?


6:28
 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?


6:29
 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.


6:30
 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;


6:31
 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.


6:32
 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.


6:33
 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.


6:34
 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.


6:35
 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.