Proverbios 6:21-31

21 Atalos siempre en tu corazón, Enlázalos á tu cuello.

22 Te guiarán cuando anduvieres; cuando durmieres te guardarán; Hablarán contigo cuando despertares.

23 Porque el mandamiento es antorcha, y la enseñanza luz; Y camino de vida las reprensiones de la enseñanza:

24 Para que te guarden de la mala mujer, De la blandura de la lengua de la extraña.

25 No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, Ni ella te prenda con sus ojos:

26 Porque á causa de la mujer ramera es reducido el hombre á un bocado de pan; Y la mujer caza la preciosa alma del varón.

27 ¿Tomará el hombre fuego en su seno, Sin que sus vestidos se quemen?

28 ¿Andará el hombre sobre las brasas, Sin que sus pies se abrasen?

29 Así el que entrare á la mujer de su prójimo; No será sin culpa cualquiera que la tocare.

30 No tienen en poco al ladrón, cuando hurtare Para saciar su alma teniendo hambre:

31 Empero tomado, paga las setenas, Da toda la sustancia de su casa.

Proverbios 6:21-31 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.