Proverbs 6 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Dangerous Promises

Seven Deadly Sins

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

Pro 6:2You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.

Pro 6:3So 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.

Pro 6:4

Pro 6:4Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.

Pro 6:5

Pro 6:5Deliver 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

Pro 6:6

Pro 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,

Pro 6:7

Pro 6:7Which, having no captain,
Overseer or ruler,

Pro 6:8

Pro 6:8Provides her supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.

Pro 6:9

Pro 6:9How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?

Pro 6:10

Pro 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—

Pro 6:11

Pro 6:11So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.

The Wicked Man

Pro 6:12

Pro 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;

Pro 6:13

Pro 6:13He winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;

Pro 6:14

Pro 6:14Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.

Pro 6:15

Pro 6:15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

Pro 6:16

Pro 6:16These six things the LORD hates,
Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

Pro 6:17

Pro 6:17A proud look,
A lying tongue,
Hands that shed innocent blood,

Pro 6:18

Pro 6:18A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,

Pro 6:19

Pro 6:19A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.

Beware of Adultery

Pro 6:20

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

Pro 6:21

Pro 6:21Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

Pro 6:22

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

Pro 6:23

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

Pro 6:24

Pro 6:24To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

Pro 6:25

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

Pro 6:26

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

Pro 6:27

Pro 6:27Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?

Pro 6:28

Pro 6:28Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?

Pro 6:29

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

Pro 6:30

Pro 6:30People do not despise a thief
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.

Pro 6:31

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

Pro 6:32

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

Pro 6:33

Pro 6:33Wounds and dishonor he will get,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.

Pro 6:34

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

Pro 6:35

Pro 6:35He will accept no recompense,
Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.

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NKJV Footnotes

(6:5)

That is, one who catches birds in a trap or snare

(6:22)

Literally it

(6:26)

Literally a man’s wife, that is, of another

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