KJV Easy Read Bible Dangerous Promises1My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger, put up security; made a bargain 2You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. trapped 3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend. 4Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. gazelle The Folly of Indolence6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways, and be wise: lazy person 7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. food 9How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man. The Wicked Man12A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth. perverted 13He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers; points 14Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord. crookedness 15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16These six things does the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination to Him: detestable 17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, ideas 19A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren. Beware of Adultery20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother: EPH 6:1 21Bind them continually upon your heart, and tie them about your neck. 22When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you. 23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: corrections 24To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. whore-like 25Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids. MATT 5:28 26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. 27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29So he that goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent. 30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. wealth, possessions 32But whoso commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul. 33A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. accept The Trusted King James in an Easy Read Format® is a registered trademarks of Whitaker Corporation. KJVERTM, Word of GodTM, Red Letter OldTM, Old Testament Direct Words of God in RedTM, King James Version Sword BibleTM, and SwordKJVTM are trademarked slogans of Whitaker Corporation. |
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