The Proverbs 6

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1 My son if thou be surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger ⚑

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 make sure thy friend ⚑

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes nor slumber to thine eyelids ⚑

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter and as a bird from the hand of the fowler ⚑

6 Go to the ant thou sluggard consider her ways and be wise ⚑

7 Which having no guide overseer or ruler ⚑

8 Provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest ⚑

9 How long wilt thou sleep O sluggard when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ⚑

10 Yet a little sleep a little slumber a little folding of the hands to sleep ⚑

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth and thy want as an armed man ⚑

12 A naughty person a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth ⚑

13 He winketh with his eyes he speaketh with his feet he teacheth with his fingers ⚑

14 Frowardness is in his heart he deviseth mischief continually he soweth discord ⚑

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly suddenly shall he be broken without remedy ⚑

16 These six things doth the LORD hate yea seven are an abomination unto him ⚑

17 A proud look a lying tongue and hands that shed innocent blood ⚑

18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations feet that be swift in running to mischief ⚑

19 A false witness that speaketh lies and he that soweth discord among brethren ⚑

20 My son keep thy ather’s commandment and forsake not the law of thy mother ⚑

21 Bind them continually upon thine heart and tie them about thy neck ⚑

22 When thou goest it shall lead thee when thou sleepest it shall keep thee and when thou awakest it shall talk with thee ⚑

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light and reproofs of instruction are the way of life ⚑

24 To keep thee from the evil woman from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman ⚑

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart neither let her take thee with her eyelids ⚑

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life ⚑

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned ⚑

28 Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned ⚑

29 So he that goeth in to his ne hbour’s wife whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent ⚑

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 he shall give all the substance of his house ⚑

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul ⚑

33 A wound and dishonour shall he get and his reproach shall not be wiped away ⚑

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance ⚑

35 He will not regard any ransom neither will he rest content though thou givest many gifts ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain