| 章 |
| 6:1 |
My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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| 6:2 |
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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| 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.
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| 6:4 |
Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
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| 6:5 |
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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| 6:6 |
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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| 6:7 |
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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| 6:8 |
Provideth her provisions in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
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| 6:9 |
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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| 6:10 |
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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| 6:11 |
So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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| 6:12 |
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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| 6:13 |
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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| 6:14 |
Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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| 6:15 |
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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| 6:16 |
These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yes, seven [are] an abomination to him:
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| 6:17 |
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.
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| 6:18 |
A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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| 6:19 |
A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
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| 6:20 |
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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| 6:21 |
Bind them continually upon thy heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.
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| 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.
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| 6:23 |
For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
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| 6:24 |
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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| 6:25 |
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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| 6:26 |
For by means of a lewd woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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| 6:27 |
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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| 6:28 |
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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| 6:29 |
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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| 6:30 |
[Men] do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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| 6:31 |
But [if] he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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| 6:32 |
[But] whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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| 6:33 |
A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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| 6:34 |
For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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| 6:35 |
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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