Proverbs 6
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1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,1My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,
2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
3then 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.3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
7Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.8yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.13he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;
14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,
19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,23For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.29So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;
34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.34for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
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