Proverbs

Chapter 6

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¹My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,1 sermon²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.3 sermons³Do 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.1 sermon⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.1 sermon⁵Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.1 sermon⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:5 sermons⁷Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,2 sermons⁸Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.2 sermons⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?2 sermons¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:1 sermon¹¹So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.1 sermon¹²A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.1 sermon¹³He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;1 sermon¹⁴Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.1 sermon¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.1 sermon¹⁶These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:10 sermons¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,7 sermons¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,2 sermons¹⁹A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.2 sermons²⁰My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:3 sermons²¹Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.1 sermon²²When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.2 sermons²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:1 sermon²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.1 sermon²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.1 sermon²⁶For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.1 sermon²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?1 sermon²⁸Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?1 sermon²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.1 sermon³⁰Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;1 sermon³¹But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.1 sermon³²But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.1 sermon³³A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.1 sermon³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.1 sermon³⁵He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.1 sermon