Provérbios 6:7-17

7 a qual, não tendo chefe, nem superintendente, nem governador,

8 no verão faz a provisão do seu mantimento, e ajunta o seu alimento no tempo da ceifa.

9 o preguiçoso, até quando ficarás deitador? quando te levantarás do teu sono?

10 um pouco para dormir, um pouco para toscanejar, um pouco para cruzar as mãos em repouso;

11 assim te sobrevirá a tua pobreza como um ladrão, e a tua necessidade como um homem armado.

12 O homem vil, o homem iníquo, anda com a perversidade na boca,

13 pisca os olhos, faz sinais com os pés, e acena com os dedos;

14 perversidade há no seu coração; todo o tempo maquina o mal; anda semeando contendas.

15 Pelo que a sua destruição virá repentinamente; subitamente será quebrantado, sem que haja cura.

16 Há seis coisas que o Senhor detesta; sim, há sete que ele abomina:

17 olhos altivos, língua mentirosa, e mãos que derramam sangue inocente;

Provérbios 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.