Proverbios 6:5-15

5 líbrate como la gacela de la mano del cazador, y como ave de la mano del que caza.

6 Ve, mira la hormiga, perezoso, observa sus caminos, y sé sabio.

7 La cual sin tener jefe, ni oficial ni señor,

8 prepara en el verano su alimento, y recoge en la cosecha su sustento.

9 ¿Hasta cuándo, perezoso, estarás acostado? ¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño?

10 Un poco de dormir, un poco de dormitar, un poco de cruzar las manos para descansar,

11 y vendrá como vagabundo tu pobreza, y tu necesidad como un hombre armado.

12 La persona indigna, el hombre inicuo, es el que anda con boca perversa,

13 el que guiña los ojos, el que hace señas con los pies, el que señala con los dedos,

14 el que con perversidad en su corazón, continuamente trama el mal, el que siembra discordia.

15 Por tanto su desgracia vendrá de repente; al instante será quebrantado, y no habrá remedio.

Proverbios 6:5-15 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.