Proverbios 6:1-10

1 Lecciones para la vida diaria
Hijo mío, si has salido fiador por la deuda de un amigo
o has aceptado garantizar la deuda de un extraño,

2 si quedaste atrapado por el acuerdo que hiciste
y estás enredado por tus palabras,

3 sigue mi consejo y sálvate,
pues te has puesto a merced de tu amigo.
Ahora trágate tu orgullo;
ve y suplica que tu amigo borre tu nombre.

4 No postergues el asunto, ¡hazlo enseguida!
No descanses hasta haberlo realizado.

5 Sálvate como una gacela que escapa del cazador,
como un pájaro que huye de la red.

6 Tú, holgazán, aprende una lección de las hormigas.
¡Aprende de lo que hacen y hazte sabio!

7 A pesar de que no tienen príncipe
ni gobernador ni líder que las haga trabajar,

8 se esfuerzan todo el verano,
juntando alimento para el invierno.

9 Pero tú, holgazán, ¿hasta cuándo seguirás durmiendo?
¿Cuándo despertarás?

10 Un rato más de sueño, una breve siesta,
un pequeño descanso cruzado de brazos.

Proverbios 6:1-10 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.