Proverbs 6
A person who guarantees a loan for a friend can become trapped by their own words and should try to free themselves from the obligation. The lazy person is advised to learn from the industrious ant, which prepares for the future, and warned that idleness will lead to poverty. The wicked person who devises evil and sows discord will meet a swift and crushing end. The Lord hates seven things, including haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. A person should preserve their parents' teachings and follow the law, which will guide them and protect them from evil, including the dangers of adultery, which can lead to shame, dishonor, and destruction.
1My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider2then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words3Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend4Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber5Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler6Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom7For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader8she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat9How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep10You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep11and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you12An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth13he winks with the eyes, touches with the foot, speaks with the finger14With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict15To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil19a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers20My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother21Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat22When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them23For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life24So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider25Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man27Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn28Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned29So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her30Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul31Also, if he is apprehended, he shall repay sevenfold and hand over all the substance of his house32But whoever is an adulterer, because of the emptiness of his heart, will destroy his own soul33He gathers shame and dishonor to himself, and his disgrace will not be wiped away34For the jealousy and fury of the husband will not spare him on the day of vindication35nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts
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