Pro 6:1
My son H1121, if H518 you have become H6148 a H6148 guarantor H6148 for your neighbor H7453,
Have struck H8628 your [fn]hands H3709 in pledge for a stranger H2114,
Pro 6:2
If you have been snared H3369 with the words H561 of your mouth H6310,
Have been caught H3920 with the words H561 of your mouth H6310,
Pro 6:3
Do H6213 this H2088 then H645, my son H1121, and deliver H5337 yourself;
Since H3588 you have come H935 into the [fn]hand H3709 of your neighbor H7453,
Go H1980, humble H7511 yourself, and badger H7292 your neighbor H7453.
Pro 6:4
Give H5414 no sleep H8142 to your eyes H5869,
Nor H408 slumber H8572 to your eyelids H6079;
Pro 6:5
Deliver H5337 yourself like a gazelle H6643 from the hunter’s hand H3027
And like a bird H6833 from the hand H3027 of the fowler H3353.
Pro 6:6
Go H1980 to the ant H5244, O sluggard H6102,
Observe H7200 her ways H1870 and be H2449 wise H2449,
Pro 6:7
Which H834, having H369 no H369 chief H7101,
Officer H7860 or ruler H4910,
Pro 6:8
Prepares H3559 her food H3899 in the summer H7019
And gathers H103 her provision H3978 in H103 the harvest H7105.
Pro 6:9
How H4970 long H5704 will you lie H7901 down H7901, O sluggard H6102?
When H4970 will you arise H6965 from your sleep H8142?
Pro 6:10
“A little H4592 sleep H8142, a little H4592 slumber H8572,
A little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to [fn]rest H7901”—
Pro 6:11
Your poverty H7389 will come H935 in H935 like [fn]a vagabond H1980
And your want H4270 like [fn]an armed H4043 man H376.
Pro 6:12
A vile H1100 person H120, a wicked H205 man H376,
Is the one who walks H1980 with a perverse H6143 mouth H6310,
Pro 6:13
Who winks H7169 with his eyes H5869, who [fn]signals H4448 with his feet H7272,
Who [fn]points H3384 with his fingers H676;
Pro 6:14
Who with perversity H8419 in his heart H3820 continually H3605 H6256 devises H2790 evil H7451,
Who [fn]spreads H7971 contentions H4066.
Pro 6:15
Therefore H5921 H3651 his disaster H343 will come H935 suddenly H6597;
Instantly H6621 he will be broken H7665 and there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 healing H4832.
Pro 6:16
There H1992 are six H8337 things H8337 which Yahweh H3068 hates H8130,
Even seven H7651 which are an abomination H8441 [fn]to Him:
Pro 6:17
Haughty H7311 eyes H5869, a lying H8267 tongue H3956,
And hands H3027 that shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818,
Pro 6:18
A heart H3820 that devises H2790 wicked H205 thoughts H4284,
Feet H7272 that hasten H4116 to run H7323 to evil H7451,
Pro 6:19
A false H8267 witness H5707 who breathes H6315 out lies H3577,
And one who [fn]spreads H7971 strife H4090 among H996 brothers H251.
Pro 6:20
My son H1121, observe H5341 the commandment H4687 of your father H1
And do not abandon H5203 the [fn]law H8451 of your mother H517;
Pro 6:21
Bind H7194 them continually H8548 on your heart H3820;
Tie H6029 them around H5921 your neck H1621.
Pro 6:22
When you walk H1980 about H1980, [fn]they will lead H5148 you;
When you sleep H7901, [fn]they will keep H8104 watch H8104 over H5921 you;
And when you awake H6974, [fn]they will speak H7878 to you.
Pro 6:23
For the commandment H4687 is a lamp H5216 and the [fn]law H8451 is light H216;
And reproofs H8433 for discipline H4148 are the way H1870 of life H2416
Pro 6:24
To keep H8104 you from the evil H7451 woman H802,
From the smooth H2513 tongue H3956 of the foreign H5237 woman H5237.
Pro 6:25
Do not desire H2530 her beauty H3308 in your heart H3824,
Nor H408 let her capture H3947 you with her eyelids H6079.
Pro 6:26
For on account H1157 of [fn]a harlot H2181 one is reduced to a loaf H3603 of bread H3899,
And [fn]an adulteress H802 H376 hunts H6679 for the precious H3368 [fn]life H5315.
Pro 6:27
Can a man H376 [fn]take H2846 fire H784 in his bosom H2436
And his clothes H899 not be burned H8313?
Pro 6:28
Or H518 can a man H376 walk H1980 on hot coals H1513
And his feet H7272 not be scorched H3554?
Pro 6:29
So H3651 is the one who goes H935 in H935 to his neighbor’s H7453 wife H802;
Whoever H3605 touches H5060 her will not [fn]go H5352 unpunished H5352.
Pro 6:30
[fn]Men do not despise H936 a thief H1590 if H3588 he steals H1589
To fill H4390 [fn]himself H5315 when H3588 he is hungry H7456;
Pro 6:31
But when he is found H4672, he must repay H7999 sevenfold H7659;
He must give H5414 all H3605 the [fn]substance H1952 of his house H1004.
Pro 6:32
The one who commits H5003 adultery H5003 with a woman H802 is lacking H2638 a heart H3820 of wisdom;
He who would destroy H7843 his soul H5315 does H6213 it.
Pro 6:33
Wounds H5061 and disgrace H7036 he will find H4672,
And his reproach H2781 will not be blotted H4229 out H4229.
Pro 6:34
For jealousy H7068 [fn]enrages H2534 a man H1397,
And he will not spare H2550 in the day H3117 of vengeance H5359.
Pro 6:35
He will not [fn]accept H5375 H6440 any H3605 ransom H3724,
He will not H3808 be H14 willing H14 though H3588 you give H7235 many H7235 bribes H7810.
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