1 My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger, DBY — Proverbs 6:1
2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. DBY — Proverbs 6:2
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend. DBY — Proverbs 6:3
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids: DBY — Proverbs 6:4
5 deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. DBY — Proverbs 6:5
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise: DBY — Proverbs 6:6
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, DBY — Proverbs 6:7
8 provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest. DBY — Proverbs 6:8
9 How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? DBY — Proverbs 6:9
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! DBY — Proverbs 6:10
11 So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man. DBY — Proverbs 6:11
12 A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth; DBY — Proverbs 6:12
13 he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; DBY — Proverbs 6:13
14 deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. DBY — Proverbs 6:14
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy. DBY — Proverbs 6:15
16 These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him: DBY — Proverbs 6:16
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood; DBY — Proverbs 6:17
18 a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief; DBY — Proverbs 6:18
19 a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren. DBY — Proverbs 6:19
20 My son, observe thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; DBY — Proverbs 6:20
21 bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: DBY — Proverbs 6:21
22 when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. DBY — Proverbs 6:22
23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: DBY — Proverbs 6:23
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. DBY — Proverbs 6:24
25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; DBY — Proverbs 6:25
26 for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another’s wife doth hunt for the precious soul. DBY — Proverbs 6:26
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned? DBY — Proverbs 6:27
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? DBY — Proverbs 6:28
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. DBY — Proverbs 6:29
30 They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: DBY — Proverbs 6:30
31 and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. DBY — Proverbs 6:31
32 Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. DBY — Proverbs 6:32
33 A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. DBY — Proverbs 6:33
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; DBY — Proverbs 6:34
35 he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy] gifts. DBY — Proverbs 6:35