(KJV) Proverbs 6¹

⥃Warnings against Foolishness

[1] My son, if thou be² surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast³ stricken thy hand with a stranger, [2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.⁴ [3] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when⁵ thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go⁶, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend⁷. [4] Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.⁸ [5] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird⁹ from the hand of the fowler.

[6] Go to the ant¹⁰, thou¹¹ sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: [7] Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,¹² [8] Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.¹³ [9] How¹⁴ long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when¹⁵ wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? [10] [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:¹⁶ [11] So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.¹⁷

[12] A naughty¹⁸ person, a wicked man, walketh¹⁹ with a froward mouth. [13] He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;²⁰ [14] Frowardness²¹ [is] in his heart, he deviseth²² mischief continually; he soweth²³ discord. [15] Therefore shall his²⁴ calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be²⁵ broken without remedy.

[16] [¶]These six²⁶ [things] doth the Lord hate: yea, seven [are] an²⁷ abomination unto him²⁸: [17] A proud look²⁹, a lying³⁰ tongue, and hands³¹ that shed innocent blood, [18] An heart³² that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet³³ that be swift in running to mischief, [19] A false³⁴ witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth³⁵ discord among brethren.

⥃Warnings against Adultery

[20] My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:³⁶ [21] Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.³⁷ [22] When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.³⁸ [23] For the commandment³⁹ [is] a lamp⁴⁰; and the law [is] light; and reproofs⁴¹ of instruction [are] the way⁴² of life: [24] To keep⁴³ thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman⁴⁴. [25] Lust⁴⁵ not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take⁴⁶ thee with her eyelids. [26] For by⁴⁷ means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece⁴⁸ of bread: and the adulteress⁴⁹ will hunt for the precious life. [27] Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?⁵⁰ [28] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? [29] So he that⁵¹ goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth⁵² her shall not be innocent. [30] [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; [31] But [if⁵³] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give⁵⁴ all the substance of his house. [32] [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh⁵⁵ understanding⁵⁶: he [that] doeth it destroyeth⁵⁷ his own soul. [33] A wound⁵⁸ and dishonour shall he get; and his⁵⁹ reproach shall not be wiped away. [34] For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.⁶⁰ [35] He will not regard⁶¹ any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.