6Proverbs 6

1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,Select Proverbs 6:1

2Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.Select Proverbs 6:2

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:Select Proverbs 6:3

4Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.Select Proverbs 6:4

5Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.Select Proverbs 6:5

6Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:Select Proverbs 6:6

7Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,Select Proverbs 6:7

8Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.Select Proverbs 6:8

9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Select Proverbs 6:9

10Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:Select Proverbs 6:10

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.Select Proverbs 6:11

12A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,Select Proverbs 6:12

13He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.Select Proverbs 6:13

14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.Select Proverbs 6:14

15To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.Select Proverbs 6:15

16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:Select Proverbs 6:16

17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,Select Proverbs 6:17

18A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,Select Proverbs 6:18

19A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.Select Proverbs 6:19

20My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.Select Proverbs 6:20

21Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.Select Proverbs 6:21

22When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them.Select Proverbs 6:22

23Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:Select Proverbs 6:23

24That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.Select Proverbs 6:24

25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:Select Proverbs 6:25

26For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.Select Proverbs 6:26

27Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?Select Proverbs 6:27

28Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?Select Proverbs 6:28

29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.Select Proverbs 6:29

30The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:Select Proverbs 6:30

31And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.Select Proverbs 6:31

32But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:Select Proverbs 6:32

33He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out:Select Proverbs 6:33

34Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge,Select Proverbs 6:34

35Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.Select Proverbs 6:35