1Against suretiship, 6idleness, 12and mischievousness. 16Seven things hateful to God. 20The blessings of obedience to parents. 25The mischiefs of whoredom.
1MY 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.
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art *taken with the words of thy mouth.
*taken-trapped, caught.
3Do 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.
1Or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend.
4bGive not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
b Ps. 132.4. Ec. 9.10.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and cas a bird from the hand of the *fowler.
*fowler-bird-hunter.
c Ps. 91.3; 124.7.
6¶dGo to the ant, thou *sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
*sluggard-habitually idle or lazy person.
d Job 12.7. Mat. 6.26.
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8eProvideth her *meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
*meat-food of any kind.
e ch. 30.25. 1Ti. 6.19.
9fHow long wilt thou sleep, O *sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
*sluggard-habitually idle or lazy person.
f 1Co. 15.34. Ep. 5.14. Ro. 13.11. Ps. 94.8. 1Pe. 4.3. ch. 1.22.
10Yet 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.
11So 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.
*naughty-worthless, bad.
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
i Mat. 25.26. Ps. 36.3; 10.3,7; 73.8,9. 1Ti. 5.13.
13He 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.
14k*Frowardness is in his heart, lhe deviseth mischief continually; he 2soweth discord.
*Frowardness-perverseness, contrariness.
2Heb. casteth forth, v.19. Ro. 16.17.
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.
15mTherefore 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:
3Heb. of his soul.
174A nproud look, a olying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
4Heb. Haughty eyes.
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.
18An 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.
19A 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.
21vBind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy wneck.
v ch. 3.3. w ch. 1.9.
22xWhen 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.
23For ythe commandment is a 5lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are zthe way of life:
5Or, candle.
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.
24To akeep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery 6of the tongue of a *strange woman.
6Or, of the strange tongue.
*strange-foreign.
a ch. 2.16; 5.3; 7.5; 22.26,27.
25bLust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her *take thee with her eyelids.
*take-trap, catch.
b Mat. 5.28. Ca. 4.9.
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a cpiece of bread: and 7the adulteress will dhunt for the precious life.
7Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife.
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.
27Can 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.
28Can 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.
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But 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.
32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh 8understanding: hhe that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
8Heb. heart, ch. 7.7; 9.4,16.
h He. 13.4. Job 31.12. Le. 20.10. 1Co. 6.9,10. Ga. 5.19,21. Re. 21.8; 22.15.
33A 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.
34For 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.
359He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
9Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom.