Proverbs 6:7-17

7 quae cum non habeat ducem nec praeceptorem nec principem
8 parat aestate cibum sibi et congregat in messe quod comedat
9 usquequo piger dormis quando consurges ex somno tuo
10 paululum dormies paululum dormitabis paululum conseres manus ut dormias
11 et veniet tibi quasi viator egestas et pauperies quasi vir armatus
12 homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso
13 annuit oculis terit pede digito loquitur
14 pravo corde machinatur malum et in omni tempore iurgia seminat
15 huic extemplo veniet perditio sua et subito conteretur nec habebit ultra medicinam
16 sex sunt quae odit Dominus et septimum detestatur anima eius
17 oculos sublimes linguam mendacem manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem

Proverbs 6:7-17 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.

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