Proverbs 6

JPS_ASV_Byz^{(i) 1} My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger - ² Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth - ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour. ⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. ⁵ Deliver thyself as a gazelle 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 gatherest 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, a little folding of the hands to sleep' - ¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man. ¹² A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth; ¹³ That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers; ¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he 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 the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; ¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil; ¹⁹ A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. ²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; ²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck. ²² When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. ²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life; ²⁴ To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue. ²⁵ Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids. ²⁶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but 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 neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished. ³⁰ Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; ³¹ But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house. ³² He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul. ³³ Wounds and dishonour 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.