Proverbs 6

1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,● 2Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.● 3Do, 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:● 4Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.● 5Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.● 6Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:● 7Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,● 8Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.● 9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?● 10Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:● 11And 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.● 12A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,● 13He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.● 14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.● 15To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.● 16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:● 17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,● 18A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,● 19A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.● 20My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.● 21Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.● 22When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them.● 23Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:● 24That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.● 25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:● 26For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.● 27Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?● 28Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?● 29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.● 30The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:● 31And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.● 32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:● 33He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:● 34Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,● 35Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.●