6Proverbs 6

1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,Select Proverbs 6:1

2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.Select Proverbs 6:2

3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.Select Proverbs 6:3

4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.Select Proverbs 6:4

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

6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:Select Proverbs 6:6

7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,Select Proverbs 6:7

8Provideth her meat 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

10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Select Proverbs 6:10

11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.Select Proverbs 6:11

12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.Select Proverbs 6:12

13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;Select Proverbs 6:13

14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.Select Proverbs 6:14

15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.Select Proverbs 6:15

16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:Select Proverbs 6:16

17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,Select Proverbs 6:17

18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,Select Proverbs 6:18

19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.Select Proverbs 6:19

20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:Select Proverbs 6:20

21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.Select Proverbs 6:21

22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.Select Proverbs 6:22

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

24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.Select Proverbs 6:24

25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.Select Proverbs 6:25

26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.Select Proverbs 6:26

27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?Select Proverbs 6:27

28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?Select Proverbs 6:28

29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.Select Proverbs 6:29

30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;Select Proverbs 6:30

31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.Select Proverbs 6:31

32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.Select Proverbs 6:32

33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.Select Proverbs 6:33

34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.Select Proverbs 6:34

35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.Select Proverbs 6:35