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Proverbs
Chapter 6
1.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Explain This Verse
2.
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Explain This Verse
3.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Explain This Verse
4.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Explain This Verse
5.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Explain This Verse
6.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Explain This Verse
7.
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Explain This Verse
8.
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Explain This Verse
9.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Explain This Verse
10.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Explain This Verse
11.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Explain This Verse
12.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Explain This Verse
13.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Explain This Verse
14.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Explain This Verse
15.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Explain This Verse
16.
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: Explain This Verse
17.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Explain This Verse
18.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, Explain This Verse
19.
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Explain This Verse
20.
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Explain This Verse
21.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. Explain This Verse
22.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. Explain This Verse
23.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Explain This Verse
24.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Explain This Verse
25.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Explain This Verse
26.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Explain This Verse
27.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Explain This Verse
28.
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? Explain This Verse
29.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Explain This Verse
30.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; Explain This Verse
31.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Explain This Verse
32.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. Explain This Verse
33.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. Explain This Verse
34.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Explain This Verse
35.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. Explain This Verse