Proverbs 6
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1My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—1My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger,
2if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,
3follow my advice and save yourself, for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased.3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.
4Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
6Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!6Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
7Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
8they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.8yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
9But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?9How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
10A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
11then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.11and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man.
12What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars,12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
13signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.13he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers;
14Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
15But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.15Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
16There are six things the LORD hates— no, seven things he detests:16There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him:
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent,17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,
19a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.
20My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
22When you walk, their counsel will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up, they will advise you.22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.
23For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life.23For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
24It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
25Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
26For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.
27Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire?27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?
28Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.29So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.
30Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.
31But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house.31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
32But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.
33He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased.33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;
34For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.34for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.
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