Proverbes 6:6-16

6 Va vers la fourmi, paresseux; Considère ses voies, et deviens sage.

7 Elle n'a ni chef, Ni inspecteur, ni maître;

8 Elle prépare en été sa nourriture, Elle amasse pendant la moisson de quoi manger.

9 Paresseux, jusqu'à quand seras-tu couché? Quand te lèveras-tu de ton sommeil?

10 Un peu de sommeil, un peu d'assoupissement, Un peu croiser les mains pour dormir!...

11 Et la pauvreté te surprendra, comme un rôdeur, Et la disette, comme un homme en armes.

12 L'homme pervers, l'homme inique, Marche la fausseté dans la bouche;

13 Il cligne des yeux, parle du pied, Fait des signes avec les doigts;

14 La perversité est dans son coeur, Il médite le mal en tout temps, Il excite des querelles.

15 Aussi sa ruine arrivera-t-elle subitement; Il sera brisé tout d'un coup, et sans remède.

16 Il y a six choses que hait l'Eternel, Et même sept qu'il a en horreur;

Proverbes 6:6-16 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.