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Proverbs 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Dangerous Promises
Seven Deadly Sins

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:1 - My son, if you become surety for your friend,
If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:2 - You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4 - Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:5 - Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.[fn]
The Folly of Indolence

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:6 - Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:7 - Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 - Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:9 - How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:10 - A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 - So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
The Wicked Man

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:12 - A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:13 - He winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:14 - Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:15 - Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:16 - These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:17 - A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:19 - A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
Beware of Adultery

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:21 - Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:22 - When you roam, they[fn] will lead you;
When you sleep, they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:23 - For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:24 - To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - For by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
And an adulteress[fn] will prey upon his precious life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:27 - Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:28 - Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:29 - So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 - People do not despise a thief
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:31 - Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold;
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:32 - Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33 - Wounds and dishonor he will get,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For jealousy is a husband’s fury;
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:35 - He will accept no recompense,
Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
That is, one who catches birds in a trap or snare
Literally it
Literally a man’s wife, that is, of another
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New King James Version, © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

The text of the New King James Version (NKJV) appearing on or deriving from this or any other web page is for personal use only. Any other use of the NKJV must be in conformity with the Quotation Policy for the New King James Version. For more information about the New King James Version, the Quotation Policy, and for inquiries about permission to use the New King James Version, go to Thomas Nelson, Inc..

For more information on this translation, see the NKJV Preface.

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