Pro6:1 Dangerous PromisesSeven Deadly Sins My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
Pro6:2 You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Pro6:3 So 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.
Pro6:4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Pro6:5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. The Folly of Indolence
Pro6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
Pro6:7 Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,
Pro6:8 Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.
Pro6:9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?
Pro6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep--
Pro6:11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man. The Wicked Man
Pro6:12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;
Pro6:13 He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;
Pro6:14 Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.
Pro6:15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
Pro6:16 These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
Pro6:17 A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,
Pro6:18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,
Pro6:19 A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. Beware of Adultery
Pro6:20 My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.
Pro6:21 Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.
Pro6:22 When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.
Pro6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
Pro6:24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Pro6:25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
Pro6:26 For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
Pro6:27 Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
Pro6:28 Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?
Pro6:29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Pro6:30 People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
Pro6:31 Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
Pro6:32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.
Pro6:33 Wounds and dishonor he will get, And his reproach will not be wiped away.
Pro6:34 For jealousy is a husband's fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Pro6:35 He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.