Proverbs 6 — UBES

6Verse 1My son, if thou become surety for thy friend,
Thou shalt deliver thy hand to an enemy.
^{Verse 2}For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him,
And he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.
^{Verse 3}My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself;
For on thy friend’s account thou art come into the power of evil men:
Faint not,
But stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.
^{Verse 4}Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber with thine eyelids;
^{Verse 5}That thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils,
And as a bird out of a snare.^{Verse 6}Go to the ant, O sluggard;
And see, and emulate his ways,
And become wiser than he.
^{Verse 7}For whereas he has no husbandry,
Nor anyone to compel him,
And is under no master,
^{Verse 8}He prepares food for himself in the summer,
And lays by abundant store in harvest.^{Verse 8}
Or go to the bee,
And learn how diligent she is,
And how earnestly she is engaged in her work;^{Verse 8}
Whose labors kings and private men use for health,
And she is desired and respected by all:^{Verse 8}
Though weak in body,
She is advanced by honoring wisdom.
^{Verse 9}How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard?
And when wilt thou awake out of sleep?
^{Verse 10}Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time,
And thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.
^{Verse 11}Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveler,
And want as a swift courier:^{Verse 11}
But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall arrive as a fountain,
And poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.^{Verse 12}A foolish man and a transgressor
Goes in ways that are not good.
^{Verse 13}And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot,
And teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.
^{Verse 14}His perverse heart devises evils:
At all times such a one causes troubles to a city.
^{Verse 15}Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly;
Overthrow and irretrievable ruin.^{Verse 16}For he rejoices in all things which God hates,
And he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
^{Verse 17}The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust,
Hands shedding the blood of the just;
^{Verse 18}And a heart devising evil thoughts,
And feet hastening to do evil—are hateful to God.
^{Verse 19}An unjust witness kindles falsehoods,
And brings on quarrels between brethren.^{Verse 20}My son, keep the laws of thy father,
And reject not the ordinances of thy mother:
^{Verse 21}But bind them upon thy soul continually,
And hang them as a chain about thy neck.
^{Verse 22}Whensoever thou walkest, lead this along and let it be with thee;
And when thou sleepest let it keep thee;
That it may talk with thee when thou wakest.
^{Verse 23}For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light;
A way of life; reproof also and correction:
^{Verse 24}To keep thee continually from a married woman,
And from the calumny of a strange tongue.^{Verse 25}Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee,
Neither be thou caught by thine eyes,
Neither be captivated with her eyelids.
^{Verse 26}For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf;
And a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.
^{Verse 27}Shall anyone bind fire in his bosom,
And not burn his garments?
^{Verse 28}Or will anyone walk on coals of fire,
And not burn his feet?
^{Verse 29}So is he that goes in to a married woman;
He shall not be held guiltless, neither anyone that touches her.
^{Verse 30}It is not to be wondered at if one should be taken stealing,
For he steals that when hungry he may satisfy his soul:
^{Verse 31}But if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold,
And shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.
^{Verse 32}But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul.
^{Verse 33}He endures both pain and disgrace,
And his reproach shall never be wiped off.
^{Verse 34}For the soul of her husband is full of jealousy:
He will not spare in the day of vengeance.
^{Verse 35}He will not forego his enmity for any ransom:
Neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.