1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, If you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; WEB — Proverbs 6:1
2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. WEB — Proverbs 6:2
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, Seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. WEB — Proverbs 6:3
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids. WEB — Proverbs 6:4
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, Like a bird from the snare of the fowler. WEB — Proverbs 6:5
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; WEB — Proverbs 6:6
7 Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, WEB — Proverbs 6:7
8 Provides her bread in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. WEB — Proverbs 6:8
9 How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? WEB — Proverbs 6:9
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: WEB — Proverbs 6:10
11 So your poverty will come as a robber, And your scarcity as an armed man. WEB — Proverbs 6:11
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth; WEB — Proverbs 6:12
13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who motions with his fingers; WEB — Proverbs 6:13
14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord. WEB — Proverbs 6:14
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy. WEB — Proverbs 6:15
16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him: WEB — Proverbs 6:16
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood; WEB — Proverbs 6:17
18 A heart that devises wicked schemes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, WEB — Proverbs 6:18
19 A false witness who utters lies, And he who sows discord among brothers. WEB — Proverbs 6:19
20 My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching. WEB — Proverbs 6:20
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck. WEB — Proverbs 6:21
22 When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you. WEB — Proverbs 6:22
23 For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life, WEB — Proverbs 6:23
24 To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue. WEB — Proverbs 6:24
25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. WEB — Proverbs 6:25
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life. WEB — Proverbs 6:26
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned? WEB — Proverbs 6:27
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? WEB — Proverbs 6:28
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished. WEB — Proverbs 6:29
30 Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: WEB — Proverbs 6:30
31 But if he be found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. WEB — Proverbs 6:31
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul. WEB — Proverbs 6:32
33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away. WEB — Proverbs 6:33
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance. WEB — Proverbs 6:34
35 He won't regard any ransom, Neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. WEB — Proverbs 6:35