1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal a6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands with a stranger, ISV — Proverbs 6:1
2 trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words, ISV — Proverbs 6:2
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor’s control. b6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor! ISV — Proverbs 6:3
4 Don’t allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes. ISV — Proverbs 6:4
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter’s hand, c6:5 So MT; LXX Syr Targ read from the hunter; or a noose or like a bird from a fowler’s hand. ISV — Proverbs 6:5
6 Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise. ISV — Proverbs 6:6
7 It has no commander, officer, or ruler, ISV — Proverbs 6:7
8 but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest. ISV — Proverbs 6:8
9 How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? ISV — Proverbs 6:9
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, ISV — Proverbs 6:10
11 and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man. ISV — Proverbs 6:11
12 A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, ISV — Proverbs 6:12
13 winking with his eyes, making signs d6:13 Lit. scraping with e6:13 The Heb. lacks with his feet, pointing with his fingers, ISV — Proverbs 6:13
14 planning evil with a perverse mind, f6:14 Or heart continually stirring up discord. ISV — Proverbs 6:14
15 Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover. ISV — Proverbs 6:15
16 Here are six things that the LORD hates— seven, in fact, g6:16 The Heb. lacks in fact are detestable to him: h6:16 Lit. to his soul ISV — Proverbs 6:16
17 Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood; ISV — Proverbs 6:17
18 a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness, ISV — Proverbs 6:18
19 a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers. ISV — Proverbs 6:19
20 Keep your father’s commands, my son, and never forsake your mother’s rules, i6:20 Or laws ISV — Proverbs 6:20
21 by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck. ISV — Proverbs 6:21
22 During your travels wisdom j6:22 Lit. wisdom; i.e. wisdom personified as a woman will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep, she will commune with you. ISV — Proverbs 6:22
23 Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life— ISV — Proverbs 6:23
24 to protect you from the evil k6:24 So MT; LXX reads married woman, from the words of the seductive woman. ISV — Proverbs 6:24
25 Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes, ISV — Proverbs 6:25
26 because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man’s precious life. ISV — Proverbs 6:26
27 Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes? ISV — Proverbs 6:27
28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? ISV — Proverbs 6:28
29 So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished. ISV — Proverbs 6:29
30 A thief isn’t despised if he steals to meet his needs l6:30 Lit. to refresh his soul when he is hungry, ISV — Proverbs 6:30
31 but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house. ISV — Proverbs 6:31
32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul. ISV — Proverbs 6:32
33 He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won’t disappear, ISV — Proverbs 6:33
34 because jealousy incites m6:34 The Heb. lacks incites a strong man’s rage, and he will show no mercy when it’s time for revenge. ISV — Proverbs 6:34
35 He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, n6:35 The Heb. lacks to accept it no matter how large the bribe. ISV — Proverbs 6:35