Proverbios 6:11-21

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.

15 Sin embargo, serán destruidos de repente,
quebrantados en un instante y sin la menor esperanza de recuperarse.

16 Hay seis cosas que el Señor
odia,
no, son siete las que detesta:

17 los ojos arrogantes,
la lengua mentirosa,
las manos que matan al inocente,

18 el corazón que trama el mal,
los pies que corren a hacer lo malo,

19 el testigo falso que respira mentiras,
y el que siembra discordia en una familia.

20 Hijo mío, obedece los mandatos de tu padre,
y no descuides la instrucción de tu madre.

21 Guarda siempre sus palabras en tu corazón;
átalas alrededor de tu cuello.

Proverbios 6:11-21 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.