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 father'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 neighbour'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. 

 

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