Proverbios 6:8-18

8 prepara en el verano su comida y en el tiempo de la siega recoge su mantenimiento

9 Perezoso, ¿hasta cuándo has de dormir? ¿Cuándo te levantarás de tu sueño

10 Tomando un poco de sueño, cabeceando otro poco, y cruzado los brazos otro poco para volver a dormir

11 así vendrá tu necesidad como caminante, y tu pobreza como hombre de escudo

12 El hombre de Belial es varón inicuo, anda en perversidad de boca

13 guiña con sus ojos, habla con sus pies, enseña con sus dedos

14 perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas

15 Por tanto su calamidad vendrá de repente; súbitamente será quebrantado, y no habrá remedio

16 Seis cosas aborrece el SEÑOR, y aun siete abomina su alma

17 Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente

18 el corazón que maquina pensamientos inicuos, los pies presurosos para correr al mal

Proverbios 6:8-18 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.