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Proverbs 6

Common English Bible CEB

1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

2 you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

3 Do this, my son, to get out of it, for you have come under the control of your neighbor. So go, humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.

4 Don't give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

5 Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from the hand of a fowler.

6 Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise.

7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.

8 Even so, it gets its food in summer; gathers its provisions at harvest.

9 How long, lazy person, will you lie down? When will you rise from your sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to lie down—

11 and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior.

12 Worthless people and guilty people go around with crooked talk.

13 They wink their eyes, gesture with their feet, and point with their fingers.

14 Their hearts are corrupt and determined to do evil; they create controversies all the time.

15 Therefore, sudden disaster will come upon them; they will be quickly broken beyond healing.

16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven things detestable to him:

17 snobbish eyes, a lying tongue, hands that spill innocent blood,

18 a heart set on wicked plans, feet that run quickly to evil,

19 a false witness who breathes lies, and one who causes conflicts among relatives.

20 My son, keep your father's command; don't abandon your mother's instruction.

21 Bind them on your heart for all time; fasten them around your neck.

22 When you walk around, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will protect you; when you awake, they will occupy your attention.

23 The commandment is a lamp and instruction a light; corrective teaching is the path of life.

24 They guard you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman.

25 Don't desire her beauty in secret; don't let her take you in with her eyelashes,

26 for a prostitute costs a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for a man's very life.

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap and his clothes not get burned?

28 If a man walks on hot coals, don't his feet get burned?

29 So is the man who approaches his neighbor's wife; anyone who touches her will be punished.

30 People don't despise a thief if he steals to fill his starving stomach.

31 But if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give all the riches of his house.

32 He who commits adultery is senseless. Doing so, he destroys himself.

33 He is wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be wiped away.

34 Jealousy makes a man rage; he'll show no mercy on his day of revenge.

35 He won't accept compensation; he'll refuse even a large bribe.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Dear friend, if you've gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger,

2 If you've impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold,

3 Friend, don't waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You're in that man's clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate.

4 Don't procrastinate - there's no time to lose.

5 Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! A Lesson from the Ant

6 You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two.

7 Nobody has to tell it what to do.

8 All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions.

9 So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? How long before you get out of bed?

10 A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy - do you know what comes next?

11 Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, poverty your permanent houseguest! Always Cooking Up Something Nasty

12 Riffraff and rascals talk out of both sides of their mouths.

13 They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, they cross their fingers behind their backs.

14 Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty, always stirring up trouble.

15 Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, a total smash-up, their lives ruined beyond repair. Seven Things God Hates

16 Here are six things God hates, and one more that he loathes with a passion:

17 eyes that are arrogant, a tongue that lies, hands that murder the innocent,

18 a heart that hatches evil plots, feet that race down a wicked track,

19 a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family. Warning on Adultery

20 Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings.

21 Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck.

22 Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next.

23 For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.

24 They'll protect you from wanton women, from the seductive talk of some temptress.

25 Don't lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes.

26 You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, but a wanton woman may well eat you alive.

27 Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants?

28 Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters?

29 It's the same when you have sex with your neighbor's wife: Touch her and you'll pay for it. No excuses.

30 Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal;

31 When he's caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock.

32 Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive;

33 Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good.

34 For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won't make allowances.

35 Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him.