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Proverbs 6

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1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;

2 if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;

3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.

4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;

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

6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

7 Without having any chief, officer or ruler,

8 she prepares her food in summer, and gathers her sustenance in harvest.

9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

11 and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

13 winks with his eyes, scrapes with his feet, points with his finger,

14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

16 There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.

22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

26 for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

27 Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?

28 Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?

29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

30 Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?

31 And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

32 He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

33 Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

35 He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake,

2 you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.

3 Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.

4 Don't let your eyes rest or your eyelids close.

5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.

6 Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.

7 Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,

8 in summertime it stores its food supply. At harvest time it gathers its food.

9 How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up from your sleep?

10 "Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap."

11 Then your poverty will come [to you] like a drifter, and your need will come [to you] like a bandit.

12 A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth.

13 He winks his eye, makes a signal with his foot, [and] points with his fingers.

14 He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.

15 That is why disaster will come on him suddenly. In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery.

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

17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,

18 a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong,

19 a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.

20 My son, obey the command of your father, and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.

21 Fasten them on your heart forever. Hang them around your neck.

22 When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will talk to you

23 because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life

24 to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes.

26 A prostitute's price is [only] a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for [your] life itself.

27 Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes?

28 Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet?

29 So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor's wife. None who touch her will escape punishment.

30 People do not despise a thief who is hungry when he steals to satisfy his appetite,

31 but when he is caught, he has to repay it seven times. He must give up all the possessions in his house.

32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself.

33 An adulterous man will find disease and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be blotted out,

34 because jealousy arouses a husband's fury. The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35 No amount of money will change his mind. The largest bribe will not satisfy him.