Proverbs

Proverbs 6 ©

1 Against suretiship, 6 idleness, 12 and mischievousness. 16 Seven things hateful to God. 20 The blessings of obedience to parents. 25 The mischiefs of whoredom.

1

MY son, aif thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

a ch. 11.15; 17.18; 20.16; 22.26; 27.13. Job 17.3. Ge. 42.37; 43.9. Phile. 18,19.
2

Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art *taken with the words of thy mouth.

3

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and 1make sure thy friend.

4

bGive not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

b Ps. 132.4. Ec. 9.10.
5

Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and cas a bird from the hand of the *fowler.

c Ps. 91.3; 124.7.
6

dGo to the ant, thou *sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

d Job 12.7. Mat. 6.26.
7

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

8

eProvideth her *meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

e ch. 30.25. 1Ti. 6.19.
9

fHow long wilt thou sleep, O *sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

f 1Co. 15.34. Ep. 5.14. Ro. 13.11. Ps. 94.8. 1Pe. 4.3. ch. 1.22.
10

Yet ga little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

g ch. 24.33,34; 10.4,5; 19.15; 13.4; 20.4; 23.21. 2Th. 3.10.
11

So shall hthy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

h ch. 10.4; 13.4; 20.4.
12

¶A i*naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a *froward mouth.

i Mat. 25.26. Ps. 36.3; 10.3,7; 73.8,9. 1Ti. 5.13.
13

He jwinketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

j Job 15.12. Ps. 35.19. ch. 10.10. Is. 58.9.
14

k*Frowardness is in his heart, lhe deviseth mischief continually; he 2soweth discord.

k Je. 17.9. Ro. 8.7. Mat. 15.9.
l Is. 57.20. Mi. 2.1. Ps. 36.4. ch. 4.16; 16.14,18.
15

mTherefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

m ch. 1.27; 14.32. v.11. Ps. 73.18-20; 50.22. Je. 19.11. Is. 30.13. 2Ch. 36.16. 1Th. 5.3.
16

¶These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination 3unto him:

17

4A nproud look, a olying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

n Ps. 18.27; 138.6; 101.5. ch. 8.13; 30.13.
o Ps. 31.18; 120.2-4; 5.6. Re. 22.15. Ho. 4.1,2. Is. 59.3,13-15; 1.15. 2Ki. 24.3,4.
18

An pheart that deviseth wicked imaginations, qfeet that be swift in running to mischief,

p Mi. 2.1. Ge. 6.5. Ps. 36.4. ch. 4.16; 16.4,18; 24.8. Je. 4.14.
q Ro. 3.15. ch. 1.16. Is. 59.7.
19

A rfalse witness that sspeaketh lies, and the that soweth discord among brethren.

r ch. 19.5,9,19. Zec. 5.4.
s Ps. 27.12.
t 3Jn. 9,10. v.14. ch. 8.13; 16.28.
20

¶My uson, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

u Ep. 6.1. ch. 1.8,9; 2.1-4; 3.1,3,21; 4.1,20,21; 5.1,2; 7.1-4. 2Co. 3.3. Ex. 13.16. De. 6.8.
21

vBind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy wneck.

v ch. 3.3.
w ch. 1.9.
22

xWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

x De. 11.18-21. ch. 3.23,24; 2.11. Ps. 17.4; 119.9,11,97; 43.3.
23

For ythe commandment is a 5lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are zthe way of life:

y Ps. 19.7,8; 119.105. 2Pe. 1.19.
z ch. 3.2,8,18; 4.4,13. Le. 19.17. Ps. 141.5.
24

To akeep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery 6of the tongue of a *strange woman.

a ch. 2.16; 5.3; 7.5; 22.26,27.
25

bLust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her *take thee with her eyelids.

b Mat. 5.28. Ca. 4.9.
26

For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a cpiece of bread: and 7the adulteress will dhunt for the precious life.

c 1Sa. 2.36. ch. 28.21; 29.3; 5.10. Lu. 15.13-16.
d Eze. 13.18. ch. 5.10,11. Ge. 39.14.
27

Can a man take efire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

e Job 31.12. ch. 23.27,28. Ro. 1.27. Mat. 5.28. Ec. 7.26.
28

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

29

So fhe that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

f Ge. 19.31; 29.21,23. Ru. 2.9. 1Co. 7.1. He. 13.4. Re. 21.8; 22.15.
30

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

31

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; ghe shall give all the substance of his house.

g Ps. 79.12. Ex. 22.1,4. Lu. 19.8. Job 20.18.
32

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh 8understanding: hhe that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

h He. 13.4. Job 31.12. Le. 20.10. 1Co. 6.9,10. Ga. 5.19,21. Re. 21.8; 22.15.
33

A iwound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

i v.34. ch. 5.9-11. Ju. 16.9. 1Ki. 11.4,5; 15.5. Ps. 51.8.
34

For jjealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the kday of vengeance.

j Ju. 19.29,30.
k Is. 34.8; 63.4. Ca. 8.6.
35

9He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.