Book of Proverbs, Chapter 6
Proverbs 6 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 6 of Proverbs—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ My son, if you have become 1surety for your neighbor,
Have [a]given a pledge for a stranger, - If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth, - Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the [b]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. - Give no 2sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids; - Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a 3bird from the hand of the fowler. - ¶ Go to the 4ant, O 5sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise, - Which, having 6no chief,
Officer or ruler, - Prepares her food 7in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest. - How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep? - “8A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [c]rest”— - 9Your poverty will come in like a [d]vagabond
And your need like [e]an armed man. - ¶ A 10worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a 11perverse mouth, - Who 12winks with his eyes, who [f]signals with his feet,
Who [g]points with his fingers; - Who with 13perversity in his heart continually 14devises evil,
Who [h]15spreads strife. - Therefore 16his calamity will come suddenly;
17Instantly he will be broken and there will be 18no healing. - ¶ There are six things which the LORD hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination [i]to Him: - 19Haughty eyes, a 20lying tongue,
And hands that 21shed innocent blood, - A heart that devises 22wicked plans,
23Feet that run rapidly to evil, - A 24false witness who utters lies,
And one who [j]25spreads strife among brothers. - ¶ 26My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the [k]teaching of your mother; - 27Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck. - When you 28walk about, [l]they will guide you;
When you sleep, [m]they will watch over you;
And when you awake, [n]they will talk to you. - For 29the commandment is a lamp and the [o]teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life - To 30keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the [p]adulteress. - 31Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her 32eyelids. - For 33on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And [q]an adulteress 34hunts for the precious life. - Can a man [r]take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned? - Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched? - So is the one who 35goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her 36will not [s]go unpunished. - [t]Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To 37satisfy [u]himself when he is hungry; - But when he is found, he must 38repay sevenfold;
He must give all the [v]substance of his house. - The one who commits adultery with a woman is 39lacking [w]sense;
He who would 40destroy [x]himself does it. - Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out. - For 41jealousy [y]enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the 42day of vengeance. - He will not [z]accept any ransom,
Nor will he be [aa]satisfied though you give many [ab]gifts.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Lit clapped your palms
- ^ Lit palm
- ^ Lit lie down
- ^ Lit one who walks
- ^ Lit a man with a shield
- ^ Lit scrapes
- ^ Lit instructs with
- ^ Lit sends out
- ^ Lit of His soul
- ^ Lit sends out
- ^ Or law
- ^ Lit she
- ^ Lit she
- ^ Lit she
- ^ Or law
- ^ Lit foreign woman
- ^ Lit a man’s wife
- ^ Lit snatch up
- ^ Lit be innocent
- ^ Lit They do not; or Do not men...?
- ^ Lit his soul
- ^ Or wealth
- ^ Lit heart
- ^ Lit his soul
- ^ Lit is the rage of
- ^ Lit lift up the face of any
- ^ Lit willing
- ^ Or bribes
REFERENCES
- ^ Pr 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13
- ^ Ps 132:4
- ^ Ps 91:3; 124:7
- ^ Pr 30:24, 25
- ^ Pr 6:9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16
- ^ Pr 30:27
- ^ Pr 10:5
- ^ Pr 24:33
- ^ Pr 24:34
- ^ Pr 16:27
- ^ Pr 4:24; 10:32
- ^ Jb 15:12; Ps 35:19; Pr 10:10
- ^ Pr 17:20
- ^ Pr 3:29; Mc 2:1
- ^ Pr 6:19; 16:28
- ^ Pr 24:22
- ^ Is 30:13, 14; Je 19:11
- ^ 2Ch 36:16
- ^ Ps 18:27; 101:5; Pr 21:4; 30:13
- ^ Ps 31:18; 120:2; Pr 12:22; 17:7
- ^ De 19:10; Pr 28:17; Is 1:15; 59:7
- ^ Ge 6:5; Pr 24:2
- ^ Pr 1:16; Is 59:7; Ro 3:15
- ^ Ps 27:12; Pr 12:17; 19:5, 9; 21:28
- ^ Pr 6:14
- ^ Eph 6:1
- ^ Pr 3:3
- ^ Pr 3:23
- ^ Ps 19:8; 119:105
- ^ Pr 5:3; 7:5, 21
- ^ Mt 5:28
- ^ 2Ki 9:30; Je 4:30; Eze 23:40
- ^ Pr 5:9, 10; 29:3
- ^ Pr 7:23; Eze 13:18
- ^ Eze 18:6; 33:26
- ^ Pr 16:5
- ^ Jb 38:39
- ^ Ex 22:1-4
- ^ Pr 7:7; 9:4, 16; 10:13, 21; 11:12; 12:11
- ^ Pr 7:22, 23
- ^ Pr 27:4; Sg 8:6
- ^ Pr 11:4
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