6Proverbs 6

More Warnings

1My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts?Select Proverbs 6:1

2Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises?Select Proverbs 6:2

3Well then, my child, you are in that person's power, but this is how to get out of it: hurry to him, and beg him to release you.Select Proverbs 6:3

4Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.Select Proverbs 6:4

5Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.Select Proverbs 6:5

6Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.Select Proverbs 6:6

7They have no leader, chief, or ruler,Select Proverbs 6:7

8but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.Select Proverbs 6:8

9How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?Select Proverbs 6:9

10“I'll just take a short nap,” he says; “I'll fold my hands and rest a while.”Select Proverbs 6:10

11But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.Select Proverbs 6:11

12Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies.Select Proverbs 6:12

13They wink and make gestures to deceive you,Select Proverbs 6:13

14all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.Select Proverbs 6:14

15Because of this, disaster will strike them without warning, and they will be fatally wounded.Select Proverbs 6:15

19There are seven things that the Lord hates and cannot tolerate: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, a mind that thinks up wicked plans, feet that hurry off to do evil, a witness who tells one lie after another, and someone who stirs up trouble among friends.Select Proverbs 6:19

Warning against Adultery

20Son, do what your father tells you and never forget what your mother taught you.Select Proverbs 6:20

21Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart.Select Proverbs 6:21

22Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day.Select Proverbs 6:22

23Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.Select Proverbs 6:23

24It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives.Select Proverbs 6:24

25Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.Select Proverbs 6:25

26A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.Select Proverbs 6:26

27Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes?Select Proverbs 6:27

28Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet?Select Proverbs 6:28

29It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.Select Proverbs 6:29

30People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry;Select Proverbs 6:30

31yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more—he must give up everything he has.Select Proverbs 6:31

32But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.Select Proverbs 6:32

33He will be dishonored and beaten up; he will be permanently disgraced.Select Proverbs 6:33

34A husband is never angrier than when he is jealous; his revenge knows no limits.Select Proverbs 6:34

35He will not accept any payment; no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger.Select Proverbs 6:35