Proverbs 6 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 6

My son,

if

you have put up security

for your neighbor,

if you have struck hands in pledge

with a stranger,

if you have been trapped

by the words

of your lips,

ensnared

by the words

of your mouth,

then

do

this,

my son,

to free yourself,

for

you have fallen

into your neighbor’s

hands:

Go,

humble yourself,

and press your plea

with your neighbor.

Allow

no

sleep

to your eyes

or slumber

to your eyelids.

Free yourself,

like a gazelle

from the hand of the hunter,

like a bird

from

the fowler’s snare.

Walk in the manner of

the ant,

O sluggard;

observe

its ways

and be wise:

Without

a commander,

without an overseer

or ruler,

it prepares

its provisions

in summer;

it gathers

its food

at harvest.

How

long

will you lie there,

O sluggard?

When

will you get up

from your sleep?

A little

sleep,

a little

slumber,

a little

folding

of the hands

to rest,

and poverty

will come upon you

like a robber,

and need

like a bandit.

A worthless

person,

a wicked

man,

walks

with a perverse

mouth,

winking

his eyes,

speaking

with his feet,

and pointing

with his fingers.

With deceit

in his heart

he devises

evil;

he continually

sows

discord.

Therefore

calamity

will come upon him

suddenly;

in an instant

he will be shattered

beyond

recovery.

There are

six things that

the LORD

hates,

seven

that are detestable

to Him:

haughty

eyes,

a lying

tongue,

hands

that shed

innocent

blood,

a heart

that devises

wicked

schemes,

feet

that run

swiftly

to evil,

a false

witness

who gives false

testimony,

and one who stirs up

discord

among

brothers.

My son,

keep

your father’s

commandment,

and do not

forsake

your mother’s

teaching.

Bind them

always

upon

your heart;

tie

them around

your neck.

When you walk,

they will guide you;

when you

lie down,

they will watch

over you;

when you awake,

they

will speak to you.

For

this commandment

is a lamp,

this teaching

is a light,

and the reproofs

of discipline

are the way

to life,

to keep you

from the evil

woman,

from the smooth

tongue

of the stranger.

Do not

lust

in your heart

for her beauty

or let her captivate you

with her eyes.

For

the levy

of the prostitute

is poverty,

and the adulteress

preys upon

your very

life.

Can a man

embrace

fire

and his clothes

not

be burned?

Can

a man

walk

on

hot coals

without

scorching

his feet?

So

is he who sleeps with

another man’s

wife;

no one

who touches her

will go unpunished.

Men do not

despise

the thief

if

he steals

to satisfy

his

hunger.

Yet if caught,

he must pay

sevenfold;

he must give up

all

the wealth

of his house.

But he who commits adultery

lacks

judgment;

whoever

does so

destroys

himself.

Wounds

and dishonor

will befall him,

and his reproach

will never

be wiped away.

For

jealousy

enrages a husband,

and he will show no

mercy

in the day

of vengeance.

He will not

be appeased

by any

ransom,

or

persuaded

by lavish

gifts.

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