Rotherham - Proverbs - 6

6:1  My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour,—have struck for a stranger thy hands,

6:2  Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth,—thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.

6:3  Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

6:4  Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;

6:5  Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

6:6  Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

6:7  Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

6:8  Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

6:9  How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

6:10  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:—

6:11  So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

6:12  An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;

6:13  Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;

6:14  [Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

6:15  For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

6:16  These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul:—

6:17  Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;

6:18  A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

6:19  One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

6:20  Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

6:21  Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;

6:22  When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

6:23  For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

6:24  To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

6:25  Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

6:26  Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,—and, a man’s wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

6:27  Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?

6:28  Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?

6:29  So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour’s wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

6:30  Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

6:31  Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

6:32  He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

6:33  Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

6:34  For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;

6:35  He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.