Proverbs Chapter 6
6:1 | My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
6:2 | Thou ![]() ![]() |
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6:4 | Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. |
6:5 | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
6:6 | Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: |
6:7 | Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
6:8 | Provideth her ![]() ![]() |
6:9 | How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
6:10 | [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
6:11 | So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
6:12 | A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
6:13 | He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his ![]() |
6:14 | Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
6:15 | Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. |
6:16 | These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him: |
6:17 | A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, |
6:18 | An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, ![]() |
6:19 | A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
6:20 | My son, keep thy father' commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
6:21 | Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck. |
6:22 | When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
6:23 | For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life: |
6:24 | To keep thee from the ![]() |
6:25 | Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
6:26 | For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of ![]() |
6:27 | Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
6:28 | Can one go upon hot coals, and his ![]() |
6:29 | So he that goeth in to his neighbour' wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
6:30 | [Men] ![]() |
6:31 | But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his ![]() |
6:32 | [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
6:33 | A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
6:34 | For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the ![]() |
6:35 | He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |