Proverbs 6

Warning Against Adultery

¹My son , if thou art become surety for thy neighbor , If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger ; ²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth , Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth . ³Do this now , my son , and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor : Go , humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor ; ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes , Nor slumber to thine eyelids ; ⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler . ⁶Go to the ant , thou sluggard ; Consider her ways , and be wise : ⁷Which having no chief , Overseer , or ruler , ⁸Provideth her bread in the summer , And gathereth her food in the harvest . ⁹How long wilt thou sleep , O sluggard ? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? ¹⁰Yet a little sleep , a little slumber , A little folding of the hands to sleep : ¹¹So shall thy poverty come as a robber , And thy want as an armed man. ¹²A worthless person , a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth ; ¹³That winketh with his eyes , that speaketh with his feet , That maketh signs with his fingers; ¹⁴In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually , Who soweth discord . ¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly ; On a sudden shall he be broken , and that without remedy . ¹⁶There are six things which Jehovah hateth ; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him : ¹⁷Haughty eyes , a lying tongue , And hands that shed innocent blood ; ¹⁸A heart that deviseth wicked purposes , Feet that are swift in running to mischief , ¹⁹A false witness that uttereth lies , And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Warning Against Adultery

²⁰My son , keep the commandment of thy father , And forsake not the law of thy mother: ²¹Bind them continually upon thy heart ; Tie them about thy neck . ²²When thou walkest , it shall lead thee ; When thou sleepest , it shall watch over thee ; And when thou awakest , it shall talk with thee . ²³For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life : ²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman , From the flattery of the foreigner ’s tongue .

The Consequences of Laziness

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart ; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids . ²⁶For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread ; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life . ²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom , And his clothes not be burned ? ²⁸Or can one walk upon hot coals , And his feet not be scorched ? ²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbor ’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished . ³⁰Men do not despise a thief , if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry :

The Deceitful Man

³¹But if he be found , he shall restore sevenfold ; He shall give all the substance of his house . ³²He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding : He doeth it who would destroy his own soul . ³³Wounds and dishonor shall he get ; And his reproach shall not be wiped away . ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man ; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance . ³⁵He will not regard any ransom ; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts .