Proverbs 6 — FBV
6Verse 1My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agreement with a stranger,Verse 2then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.Verse 3So this is what you have to do. You need to get out of it, because you've put yourself in that person's power. Go to your neighbor in all humility and ask him to release you from the commitment.+Verse 4Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.Verse 5Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.Verse 6Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.Verse 7They don't have a leader, an officer, or a ruler,Verse 8yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.Verse 9So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?Verse 10You may say,+“Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”—Verse 11and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.Verse 12Rebellious and wicked people go around telling lies,Verse 13winking slyly, giving sneaky foot gestures, rudely pointing with their fingers.Verse 14Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.Verse 15As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.Verse 16There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests:Verse 17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,Verse 18a mind that plots evil schemes, feet that hurriedly run to do wrong,Verse 19a false witness that speaks lies, those who caused arguments in families.Verse 20My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.Verse 21Keep them always in mind. Tie them around your neck.Verse 22They will lead you as you walk along; they will watch over you as you sleep; when you wake up they will talk with you.Verse 23For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.Verse 24It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.Verse 25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.Verse 26You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.Verse 27Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes?Verse 28Can you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet?Verse 29It's the same for anyone who sleeps with another man's wife. No one who touches her will remain unpunished.Verse 30People don't condemn a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he's hungry.Verse 31But if he's caught, he has to pay back seven times what he stole, even if it means handing over everything he has in his house.Verse 32Any man who commits adultery with a woman has no sense; he who does so destroys himself.Verse 33He will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed.Verse 34For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge.Verse 35He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.