Proverbs 6 (DRA)

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v1

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger.

v2

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

v3

Do therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:

v4

Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.

v5

Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

v6

Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:

v7

Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

v8

Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

v9

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?

v10

Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

v11

And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

v12

A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,

v13

He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

v14

With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

v15

To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

v16

Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:

v17

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

v18

A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

v19

A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

v20

My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

v21

Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

v22

When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

v23

Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

v24

That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

v25

Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:

v26

For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

v27

Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

v28

Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

v29

So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.

v30

The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

v31

And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.

v32

But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:

v33

He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:

v34

Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,

v35

Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

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