Bible, King James Version
Proverbs
Prov.6
[1] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast
stricken thy hand with a stranger,
[2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
taken with the words of thy mouth.
[3] Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art
come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make
sure thy friend.
[4] Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids.
[5] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
[6] Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and
be wise:
[7] Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
[8] Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her
food in the harvest.
[9] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep?
[10] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
[11] So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and
thy want as an armed man.
[12] A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
froward mouth.
[13] He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers;
[14] Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord.
[15] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
shall he be broken without remedy.
[16] These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
an abomination unto him:
[17] A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
[18] An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that
be swift in running to mischief,
[19] A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren.
[20] My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother:
[21] Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them
about thy neck.
[22] When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall
talk with thee.
[23] For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
[24] To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
of the tongue of a strange woman.
[25] Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
her take thee with her eyelids.
[26] For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a
piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious
life.
[27] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not
be burned?
[28] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be
burned?
[29] So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
[30] Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is hungry;
[31] But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house.
[32] But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
[33] A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away.
[34] For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will
not spare in the day of vengeance.
[35] He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
content, though thou givest many gifts.
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