Proverbs 6

Warning Against Adultery

¹My son , if thou be surety for thy friend , if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend ; go , humble thyself, and make sure thy friend . 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 guide , overseer , or ruler , ⁸Provideth her meat 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 one that travelleth , and thy want as an armed man . ¹²A naughty person , a wicked man , walketh with a froward mouth . ¹³He winketh with his eyes , he speaketh with his feet , he teacheth with his fingers ; ¹⁴Frowardness is in his heart , he deviseth mischief continually ; he soweth discord . ¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly ; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy . ¹⁶These six things doth the LORD hate : yea, seven are an abomination unto him : ¹⁷A proud look , a lying tongue , and hands that shed innocent blood , ¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations , feet that be swift in running to mischief , ¹⁹A false witness that speaketh lies , and he that soweth discord among brethren .

Warning Against Adultery

²⁰My son , keep thy father’s commandment , and forsake not the law of thy mother : ²¹Bind them continually upon thine heart , and tie them about thy neck . ²²When thou goest , it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest , it shall keep 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 tongue of a strange woman .

The Consequences of Laziness

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thine heart ; neither let her take thee with her eyelids . ²⁶For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life . ²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom , and his clothes not be burned ? ²⁸Can one go upon hot coals , and his feet not be burned ? ²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife ; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent . ³⁰Men do not despise a thief , if he steal to satisfy his soul 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 . ³²But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding : he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul . ³³A wound and dishonour shall he get ; and his reproach shall not be wiped away . ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man : therefore 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 .