Geneva1599 - Proverbs - 6

6:1  My sonne, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, and hast striken hands with the stranger,

6:2  Thou art snared with the wordes of thy mouth: thou art euen taken with the woordes of thine owne mouth.

6:3  Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.

6:4  Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

6:5  Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.

6:6  Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

6:7  For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,

6:8  Prepareth her meat in the sommer, and gathereth her foode in haruest.

6:9  Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

6:10  Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

6:11  Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

6:12  The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

6:13  He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers.

6:14  Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

6:15  Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

6:16  These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

6:17  The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18  An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

6:19  A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

6:20  My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

6:21  Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

6:22  It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

6:23  For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,

6:24  To keepe thee from the wicked woman, and from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

6:25  Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

6:26  For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

6:27  Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

6:28  Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?

6:29  So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

6:30  Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.

6:31  But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.

6:32  But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

6:33  He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproch shall neuer be put away.

6:34  For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

6:35  He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.