Proverbs 6
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1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor or entered into an agreement with a stranger,1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2you have been snared by the words of your mouth trapped by the words from your mouth.2you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have put yourself in your neighbor's power: Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go--to the point of exhaustion-- and give your neighbor no rest!
4Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.4Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a hunter's trap.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 slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7Without leader, administrator, or ruler,7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest.8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
11and your poverty will come like a robber, your need, like a bandit.11and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12A worthless person, a wicked man goes around speaking dishonestly,12A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13winking his eyes, signaling with his feet, and gesturing with his fingers.13who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14He always plots evil with perversity in his heart; he stirs up trouble.14who plots evil with deceit in his heart-- he always stirs up conflict.
15Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.
16The LORD hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him:16There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil,18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
20My son, keep your father's command, and don't reject your mother's teaching.20My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
21Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck.21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.23For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
24They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.24keeping you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25Don't lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man goes after a precious life.26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life.
27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
28Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet?28Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29So it is with the one who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30People don't despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.30People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much; he must give up all the wealth in his house.31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
33He will get a beating and dishonor, and his disgrace will never be removed.33Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.34For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will not be appeased by anything or be persuaded by lavish bribes.35He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
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