International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
1My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger, | 1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, |
2trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words, | 2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, |
3then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor! | 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. |
4Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes. | 4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. |
5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand. | 5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. |
6Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. | 6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. |
7It has no commander, officer, or ruler, | 7Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, |
8but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest. | 8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. |
9How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? | 9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up 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 rest, |
11and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man. | 11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. |
12A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, | 12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, |
13winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers, | 13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. |
14planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord. | 14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. |
15Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover. | 15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. |
16Here are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, are detestable to him: | 16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: |
17Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; | 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, |
18a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness, | 18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, |
19a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers. | 19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. |
20Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules, | 20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. |
21by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck. | 21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. |
22During your travels wisdom will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep, she will commune with you. | 22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. |
23Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life— | 23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, |
24to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman. | 24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. |
25Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes, | 25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. |
26because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life. | 26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. |
27Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes? | 27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? |
28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? | 28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? |
29So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished. | 29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. |
30A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry, | 30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. |
31but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house. | 31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. |
32Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul. | 32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. |
33He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear, | 33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. |
34because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge. | 34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. |
35He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe. | 35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts. |
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