Proverbios 6:1-10

1 Hijo mío, si salieres fiador por tu amigo, si prometiste al extraño

2 enlazado eres con las palabras de tu boca, y preso con las razones de tu boca

3 Haz esto ahora, hijo mío, y líbrate, porque has caído en la mano de tu prójimo; ve, humíllate, y esfuerza tu prójimo

4 No des sueño a tus ojos, ni a tus párpados adormecimiento

5 Escápate como la gacela de la mano del cazador, y como el ave de la mano del que tiende trampas

6 Ve a la hormiga, oh perezoso, mira sus caminos, y sé sabio

7 la cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor

8 prepara en el verano su comida y en el tiempo de la siega recoge su mantenimiento

9 Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño

10 Tomando un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, y cruzado los brazos otro poco para volver a dormir

Proverbios 6:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 6

In this chapter the wise man dissuades from rash suretyship; exposes the sin of idleness; describes a wicked man; makes mention of seven things hateful to God; exhorts to attend to parental instructions and precepts, and cautions against adultery. Suretyship is described, Pr 6:1; and represented as a snare and a net, in which men are taken, Pr 6:2; and advice is given what to do in such a case, for safety in it, and deliverance from it, Pr 6:3-5; The sin of slothfulness is exposed, by observing the industry of the ant, Pr 6:6-8; by expostulating with the sluggard for his continuance in sloth, and by mimicking him, Pr 6:9,10; and by the poverty it brings upon him, Pr 6:11. Then a naughty wicked man is described, by his mouth, eyes, feet, fingers, and heart, whose ruin is sudden and inevitable, Pr 6:11-15. The seven things hateful to God are particularly named, Pr 6:16-19. And next the exhortation in some preceding chapters is reassumed, to attend to the instructions of parents; which will be found ornamental, pleasant, and useful, Pr 6:20-23. Especially to preserve from the lewd woman cautioned against, Pr 6:24,25; whose company is dissuaded from; on account of the extreme poverty and distress she brings persons to, and even danger of life, Pr 6:26; from the unavoidable ruin such come into, Pr 6:27-29; from the sin of uncleanness being greater than that of theft, Pr 6:30,31; from the folly the adulterer betrays; from the destruction of his soul, and the disgrace he brings on himself, Pr 6:32,33; and from the rage and irreconcilable offence of the husband of the adulteress, Pr 6:34,35.