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 child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,
2you 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,
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. 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.
4Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a fowler's trap. 5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise. 6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
7Without leader, administrator, or ruler, 7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food during harvest. 8yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
9How long will you stay in bed, you 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 arms to rest, 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
11and your poverty will come like a robber, your 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 goes around speaking dishonestly, 12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
13winking his eyes, signaling with his feet, and gesturing with his fingers. 13he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;
14He always plots evil with perversity in his heart-- he stirs up trouble. 14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
15Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly--beyond recovery. 15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
16The LORD hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to Him: 16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet eager to run to evil, 18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to 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 spreads discord among family members.
20My son, keep your father's command, and don't reject your mother's teaching. 20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck. 21Bind them on your heart continually; 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 about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
23For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is 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,
24They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger. 24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25Don't lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes. 25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
26For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but an adulteress goes after a precious 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 burning coals without scorching his feet? 28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29So it is with the one 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.
30People don't despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry. 30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
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 repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
32The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself. 32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
33He will get a beating and dishonor, and his disgrace will never be removed. 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 when he takes revenge. 34for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will not be appeased by anything or be 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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