1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hand in pledge for a stranger; NHEB — Proverbs 6:1
2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. NHEB — Proverbs 6:2
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. NHEB — Proverbs 6:3
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. NHEB — Proverbs 6:4
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. NHEB — Proverbs 6:5
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; NHEB — Proverbs 6:6
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, NHEB — Proverbs 6:7
8 provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. NHEB — Proverbs 6:8
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? NHEB — Proverbs 6:9
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: NHEB — Proverbs 6:10
11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man. NHEB — Proverbs 6:11
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; NHEB — Proverbs 6:12
13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers; NHEB — Proverbs 6:13
14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. NHEB — Proverbs 6:14
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. NHEB — Proverbs 6:15
16 There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: NHEB — Proverbs 6:16
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood; NHEB — Proverbs 6:17
18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, NHEB — Proverbs 6:18
19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. NHEB — Proverbs 6:19
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching. NHEB — Proverbs 6:20
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. NHEB — Proverbs 6:21
22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. NHEB — Proverbs 6:22
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the Law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, NHEB — Proverbs 6:23
24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman. NHEB — Proverbs 6:24
25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. NHEB — Proverbs 6:25
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. NHEB — Proverbs 6:26
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned? NHEB — Proverbs 6:27
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? NHEB — Proverbs 6:28
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. NHEB — Proverbs 6:29
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: NHEB — Proverbs 6:30
31 but if he is found, he must repay seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. NHEB — Proverbs 6:31
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. NHEB — Proverbs 6:32
33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. NHEB — Proverbs 6:33
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance. NHEB — Proverbs 6:34
35 He won't regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. NHEB — Proverbs 6:35