Proverbs 6 NKJV NIV Parallel

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1My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

2You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.

2you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend.

3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go--to the point of exhaustion-- and give your neighbor no rest!

4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

4Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.

5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,

6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

7Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,

7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

8Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.

8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

9How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?

9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep—

10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--

11So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.

11and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

12A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;

12A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

13He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;

13who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,

14Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.

14who plots evil with deceit in his heart-- he always stirs up conflict.

15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.

16These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

16There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:

17A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,

17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

18A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,

18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.

19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

20My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

20My son, keep your father's command and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

21Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.

21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.

22When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.

22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

23For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

23For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

24To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

24keeping you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man's wife preys on your very life.

27Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

28Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?

28Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.

30People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.

32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

33Wounds and dishonor he will get, And his reproach will not be wiped away.

33Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.

34For jealousy is a husband’s fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

34For jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.

35He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

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