Book of Proverbs, Chapter 6
Proverbs 6 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 6 of Proverbs—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
¶ If thou hast stricken [a]thy hands for a stranger; - ¶ Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
¶ Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. - ¶ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
¶ Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
¶ Go, [b]humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; - ¶ Give not sleep to thine eyes,
¶ Nor slumber to thine eyelids; - ¶ Deliver thyself as a [c]roe from the hand of the hunter,
¶ And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. - ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
¶ Consider her ways, and be wise: - ¶ Which having no [d]chief,
¶ Overseer, or ruler, - ¶ Provideth her bread in the summer,
¶ And gathereth her food in the harvest. - ¶ How long wilt thou [e]sleep, O sluggard?
¶ When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? - ¶ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
¶ A little folding of the hands to [f]sleep: - ¶ So shall thy poverty come as a [g]robber,
¶ And thy want as [h]an armed man. - ¶ A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
¶ Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; - ¶ That winketh with his eyes, that [i]speaketh with his feet,
¶ That [j]maketh signs with his fingers; - ¶ In whose heart is perverseness,
¶ Who deviseth evil continually,
¶ Who [k]soweth discord. - ¶ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
¶ On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. - ¶ There are six things which Jehovah hateth;
¶ Yea, seven which are an abomination [l]unto him: - ¶ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
¶ And hands that shed innocent blood; - ¶ A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,
¶ Feet that are swift in running to mischief, - ¶ A false witness that [m]uttereth lies,
¶ And he that [n]soweth discord among brethren. - ¶ My son, keep the commandment of thy father,
¶ And forsake not the [o]law of thy mother: - ¶ Bind them continually upon thy heart;
¶ Tie them about thy neck. - ¶ When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;
¶ When thou [p]sleepest, it shall watch over thee;
¶ And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. - ¶ For [q]the commandment is a lamp; and [r]the law is light;
¶ And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: - ¶ To keep thee from the evil woman,
¶ From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. - ¶ Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;
¶ Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. - ¶ For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
¶ And [s]the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. - ¶ Can a man take fire in his bosom,
¶ And his clothes not be burned? - ¶ Or can one walk upon hot coals,
¶ And his feet not be scorched? - ¶ So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife;
¶ Whosoever toucheth her shall not be [t]unpunished. - ¶ Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
¶ To satisfy [u]himself when he is hungry: - ¶ But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
¶ He shall give all the substance of his house. - ¶ He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of [v]understanding:
¶ He doeth it who would destroy his own soul. - ¶ Wounds and dishonor shall he get;
¶ And his reproach shall not be wiped away. - ¶ For jealousy is the rage of a man;
¶ And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. - ¶ He will not regard any ransom;
¶ Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, thy hand with a stranger
- ^ Or, bestir
- ^ Or, gazelle
- ^ Or, judge
- ^ Hebrew lie down.
- ^ Hebrew lie down.
- ^ Or, rover
- ^ Hebrew a man with a shield.
- ^ Or, shuffleth
- ^ Or, teacheth with
- ^ Hebrew letteth loose.
- ^ Hebrew of his soul.
- ^ Hebrew breatheth out.
- ^ Hebrew letteth loose.
- ^ Or, teaching
- ^ Hebrew liest down.
- ^ Or, their commandment
- ^ Or, their teaching
- ^ Hebrew a man’s wife.
- ^ Hebrew held innocent.
- ^ Or, his appetite
- ^ Hebrew heart.
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