Proverbios 6:4-14

4 No postergues el asunto, ¡hazlo enseguida!
No descanses hasta haberlo realizado.

5 Sálvate como una gacela que escapa del cazador,
como un pájaro que huye de la red.

6 Tú, holgazán, aprende una lección de las hormigas.
¡Aprende de lo que hacen y hazte sabio!

7 A pesar de que no tienen príncipe
ni gobernador ni líder que las haga trabajar,

8 se esfuerzan todo el verano,
juntando alimento para el invierno.

9 Pero tú, holgazán, ¿hasta cuándo seguirás durmiendo?
¿Cuándo despertarás?

10 Un rato más de sueño, una breve siesta,
un pequeño descanso cruzado de brazos.

11 Entonces la pobreza te asaltará como un bandido;
la escasez te atacará como un ladrón armado.

12 ¿Cómo son las personas despreciables y perversas?
Nunca dejan de mentir,

13 demuestran su engaño al guiñar con los ojos,
al dar golpes suaves con los pies o hacer gestos con los dedos.

14 Sus corazones pervertidos traman el mal,
y andan siempre provocando problemas.

Proverbios 6:4-14 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.