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Proverbs 6
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1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
1My son, if you have guaranteed a loan for your neighbor or made a deal to cover the debt of a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
2you are trapped by your own words and caught by the promises you made.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
3Do this now, my son, to free yourself, since you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power: Go, swallow your pride, and beg your neighbor for a release.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
4Do not allow your eyes to sleep or your eyelids to close.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
5Save yourself like a deer escaping a hunter or like a bird flying away from a trapper.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
6Go look at the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and become wise.
8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
8yet it prepares its food in the summer and gathers its supplies during the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
9How long will you lie there, you lazy person? When will you wake up from your sleep?
10Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
11and poverty will come on you like a robber, and your needs will attack you like an armed man.
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
12A worthless and wicked person walks around telling lies and talking dirty.
13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
13He winks his eye, signals with his feet, and motions with his fingers to deceive.
14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
14With a twisted heart, he is always planning evil and spreading conflict everywhere.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
15Therefore, disaster will strike him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed beyond any hope of recovery.
16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
16There are six things the LORD hates—no, seven things that are disgusting to him:
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
18a heart that dreams up wicked plans, feet that are quick to run toward evil,
19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
19a false witness who breathes out lies, and anyone who stirs up trouble among brothers.
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
20My son, obey your father’s commands and do not ignore your mother’s teaching.
21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
21Keep their words always in your heart and tie them around your neck.
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
22When you walk, their advice will guide you; when you sleep, it will watch over you; and when you wake up, it will speak to you.
23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
23For these commands are like a lamp, this teaching is a light, and these corrections are the path to life.
24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
24They will keep you away from an immoral woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart or let her capture you with her eyes.
26For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
26For a prostitute can be hired for the price of a loaf of bread, but an adulteress hunts for your very life.
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
27Can a man carry fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?Fragment
29So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
29So it is for a man who sleeps with another man’s wife; anyone who touches her will be punished.
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
30People don’t look down on a thief if he steals just to feed himself when he is starving.
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
31Yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he took, even if it costs him everything in his house.
32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he is destroying his own soul.
33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
33He will receive wounds and shame, and his disgrace will never be wiped away.