International Standard Version | International Standard Version |
1My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger, | 1My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger, |
2trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words, | 2trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words, |
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, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor! |
4Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes. | 4Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes. |
5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand. | 5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand. |
6Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. | 6Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. |
7It has no commander, officer, or ruler, | 7It has no commander, officer, or ruler, |
8but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest. | 8but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest. |
9How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? | 9How long will you lie down, lazy man? 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 your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man. |
12A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, | 12A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, |
13winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers, | 13winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers, |
14planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord. | 14planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord. |
15Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover. | 15Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover. |
16Here are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, are detestable to him: | 16Here are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, are detestable to him: |
17Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; | 17Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; |
18a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness, | 18a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness, |
19a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers. | 19a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers. |
20Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules, | 20Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules, |
21by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck. | 21by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening 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. | 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. |
23Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life— | 23Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life— |
24to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman. | 24to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman. |
25Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes, | 25Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes, |
26because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life. | 26because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life. |
27Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes? | 27Can a man scoop fire into his bosom 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 also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished. | 29So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished. |
30A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry, | 30A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry, |
31but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house. | 31but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house. |
32Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul. | 32Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul. |
33He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear, | 33He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear, |
34because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge. | 34because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge. |
35He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe. | 35He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe. |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. |
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