| 6:1: My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, If you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; |
| 6:2: You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. |
| 6:3: Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, Seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. |
| 6:4: Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. |
| 6:5: Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler. |
| 6:6: Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; |
| 6:7: Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, |
| 6:8: Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. |
| 6:9: How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? |
| 6:10: A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: |
| 6:11: So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man. |
| 6:12: A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth; |
| 6:13: Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who motions with his fingers; |
| 6:14: In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord. |
| 6:15: Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. |
| 6:16: There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him: |
| 6:17: Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood; |
| 6:18: A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
| 6:19: A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers. |
| 6:20: My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching. |
| 6:21: Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. |
| 6:22: When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. |
| 6:23: For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, |
| 6:24: To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. |
| 6:25: Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. |
| 6:26: For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. |
| 6:27: Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned? |
| 6:28: Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? |
| 6:29: So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. |
| 6:30: Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: |
| 6:31: But if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. |
| 6:32: He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. |
| 6:33: He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. |
| 6:34: For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance. |
| 6:35: He won't regard any ransom, Neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. |
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