1My son,
if thou be surety
for
thy friend,
if thou hast stricken
thy hand
with a stranger,
2Thou art snared
with the words
of thy mouth,
thou art taken
with the words
of thy mouth.
3Do 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.
4Give not sleep
to thine eyes,
nor slumber
to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself
as a roe from
the hand of the hunter, and
as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the ant,
thou sluggard;
consider her ways, and
be wise:
7Which having
no guide,
overseer,
or ruler,
8Provideth her meat
in the summer, and
gathereth her food
in the harvest.
9How long
wilt thou sleep,
O sluggard?
when wilt thou arise
out of thy sleep?
10Yet
a little sleep,
a little
slumber,
a little folding
of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty
come as one
that travelleth, and
thy want
as an armed man.
12A naughty person,
a wicked man,
walketh with
a froward mouth.
13He winketh
with his eyes,
he speaketh
with his feet,
he teacheth
with his fingers;
14Frowardness
is in his heart,
he deviseth mischief
continually;
he soweth discord.
15Therefore
shall his calamity
come suddenly;
suddenly shall he
be broken
without remedy.
16These six things
doth the LORD
hate:
yea,
seven are an abomination
unto him:
17A proud look,
a lying tongue,
and hands that shed
innocent blood,
18An heart
that deviseth wickedimaginations,
feet that be swift
in running to mischief,
19A false witness
that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
20My son,
keep thy father's
commandment, and
forsake not
the law of thy mother:
21Bind them
continually
upon
thine heart,
and tie them
about thy neck.
22When thou goest,
it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest,
it shall talk
with thee.
23For the commandment
is a lamp;
and the law
is light;
and reproofs of instruction
are the way
of life:
24To keep thee
from the evil
woman,
from the flattery
of the tongue
of a strange woman.
25Lust not
after her beauty
in
thine heart;
neither let her take thee
with her eyelids.
26For
by means of a whorish
woman
a man is brought
to a piece of bread:
and the adultress
will hunt
for the precious life.
27Can a man
take fire
in his bosom,
and his clothes
not be burned?
28Can one go
upon hot coals,
and
his feet
not be burned?
29So he that goeth
in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her
shall not
be innocent.
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;
he shall give
all
the substance of his house.
32But
whoso committeth adultery
with a woman
lacketh understanding:
he that doeth it
destroyeth
his own soul.
33A wound and dishonour
shall he get;
and his reproach
shall not be
wiped away.
34For jealousy
is the
rage of a man:
therefore
he will not spare
in the day of vengeance.
35He will not
regard any ransom;
neither will
he rest content,
though thou givest
many gifts.