Proverbs 6

Bishops^{(i) 1} My sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour, and hast fastened thyne hande for another man ² Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach ³ Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate [thy creditour. ⁴ Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber ⁵ Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler ⁶ Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse ⁷ She hath no guyde, nor ouerseer, nor ruler ⁸ Yet in the sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest ⁹ Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe ¹⁰ Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe ¹¹ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man ¹² An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth ¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with his feete, he teacheth with his fingers ¹⁴ He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde ¹⁵ Therefore shall his destruction come hastyly vpon hym, sodainly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed ¹⁶ These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth ¹⁷ A proude loke, a lying tongue, handes that shed innocent blood ¹⁸ An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe ¹⁹ A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren ²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother ²¹ Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke ²² That shall leade thee when thou goest, preserue thee when thou art asleepe, and when thou awakest talke with thee ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life ²⁴ That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman ²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes ²⁶ By an harlot [a man is brought] to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man ²⁷ May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hotte coales, and his feete not be brent ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despise a thiefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hungrie ³¹ But if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house ³² But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule ³³ He getteth him selfe a plague and dishonour, and his reproche shall neuer be put out ³⁴ For the ielousie and wrath of the man wyll not be entreated ³⁵ No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them