| Chapter
6 |
| 1 | My son,
if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go,
humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. |
| 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 guide, overseer, or ruler, |
| 8 | Provideth her meat 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, a little folding of the hands to
sleep: |
| 11 | So shall thy
poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| 12 | A naughty person, a wicked man,
walketh with a froward mouth. |
| 13
| He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with
his fingers; |
| 14 |
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth
discord. |
| 15 | Therefore
shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without
remedy. |
| 16 | These six
things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: |
| 17 | A proud look, a lying tongue, and
hands that shed innocent blood, |
|
18 | An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift
in running to mischief, |
| 19 |
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren. |
| 20 | My son,
keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| 21 | Bind them continually upon
thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
| 22 | When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee. |
| 23 | For the
commandment is a lamp; and 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 tongue of a strange
woman. |
| 25 | Lust not after
her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
| 26 | For by means of a whorish
woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the
precious life. |
| 27 | Can a
man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
| 28 | Can one go upon hot coals, and his
feet not be burned? |
| 29 |
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not
be innocent. |
| 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
shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
| 32 | But whoso committeth adultery
with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own
soul. |
| 33 | A wound and
dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
| 34 | For jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore 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. |
