Proverbs 6

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Proverbs 6

Parental Counsel

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My son, if you have become ^(A)surety for your neighbor,
Have ^(a)given a pledge for a stranger,

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If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

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Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the ^(b)hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

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Give no ^(B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;

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Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a ^(C)bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Go to the ^(D)ant, O ^(E)sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

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Which, having ^(F)no chief,
Officer or ruler,

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Prepares her food ^(G)in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.

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How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

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“^(H)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to ^(c)rest”—

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^(I)Your poverty will come in like a ^(d)vagabond
And your need like ^(e)an armed man.

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A ^(J)worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a ^(K)perverse mouth,

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Who ^(L)winks with his eyes, who ^(f)signals with his feet,
Who ^(g)points with his fingers;

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Who with ^(M)perversity in his heart continually ^(N)devises evil,
Who ^(h)^(O)spreads strife.

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Therefore ^(P)his calamity will come suddenly;
^(Q)Instantly he will be broken and there will be ^(R)no healing.

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There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination ⁽ⁱ⁾to Him:

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^(S)Haughty eyes, a ^(T)lying tongue,
And hands that ^(U)shed innocent blood,

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A heart that devises ^(V)wicked plans,
^(W)Feet that run rapidly to evil,

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A ^(X)false witness who utters lies,
And one who ^(j)^(Y)spreads strife among brothers.

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^(Z)My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the ^(k)teaching of your mother;

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^(AA)Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.

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When you ^(AB)walk about, ^(l)they will guide you;
When you sleep, ^(m)they will watch over you;
And when you awake, ⁽ⁿ⁾they will talk to you.

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For ^(AC)the commandment is a lamp and the ^(o)teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

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To ^(AD)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the ^(p)adulteress.

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^(AE)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her ^(AF)eyelids.

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For ^(AG)on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And ^(q)an adulteress ^(AH)hunts for the precious life.

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Can a man ^(r)take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?

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Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?

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So is the one who ^(AI)goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her ^(AJ)will not ^(s)go unpunished.

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^(t)Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To ^(AK)satisfy ^(u)himself when he is hungry;

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But when he is found, he must ^(AL)repay sevenfold;
He must give all the ^(v)substance of his house.

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The one who commits adultery with a woman is ^(AM)lacking ^(w)sense;
He who would ^(AN)destroy ^(x)himself does it.

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Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.

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For ^(AO)jealousy ^(y)enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the ^(AP)day of vengeance.

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He will not ^(z)accept any ransom,
Nor will he be ^(aa)satisfied though you give many ^(ab)gifts.

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 6:1: ['Lit ', clapped your palms]

b. Proverbs 6:3: ['Lit ', palm]

c. Proverbs 6:10: ['Lit ', lie down]

d. Proverbs 6:11: ['Lit ', one who walks]

e. Proverbs 6:11: ['Lit ', a man with a shield]

f. Proverbs 6:13: ['Lit ', scrapes]

g. Proverbs 6:13: ['Lit ', instructs with]

h. Proverbs 6:14: ['Lit ', sends out]

i. Proverbs 6:16: ['Lit ', of His soul]

j. Proverbs 6:19: ['Lit ', sends out]

k. Proverbs 6:20: ['Or ', law]

l. Proverbs 6:22: ['Lit ', she]

m. Proverbs 6:22: ['Lit ', she]

n. Proverbs 6:22: ['Lit ', she]

o. Proverbs 6:23: ['Or ', law]

p. Proverbs 6:24: ['Lit ', foreign woman]

q. Proverbs 6:26: ['Lit ', a man’s wife]

r. Proverbs 6:27: ['Lit ', snatch up]

s. Proverbs 6:29: ['Lit ', be innocent]

t. Proverbs 6:30: ['Lit ', They do not, '; or ', Do not men, '...?']

u. Proverbs 6:30: ['Lit ', his soul]

v. Proverbs 6:31: ['Or ', wealth]

w. Proverbs 6:32: ['Lit ', heart]

x. Proverbs 6:32: ['Lit ', his soul]

y. Proverbs 6:34: ['Lit ', is the rage of]

z. Proverbs 6:35: ['Lit ', lift up the face of any]

aa. Proverbs 6:35: ['Lit ', willing]

ab. Proverbs 6:35: ['Or ', bribes]

Cross references:

A. Proverbs 6:1: Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 27:13

B. Proverbs 6:4: Psalm 132:4

C. Proverbs 6:5: Psalm 91:3; Psalm 124:7

D. Proverbs 6:6: Proverbs 30:24; Proverbs 30:25

E. Proverbs 6:6: Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:4; Proverbs 20:4; Proverbs 26:16

F. Proverbs 6:7: Proverbs 30:27

G. Proverbs 6:8: Proverbs 10:5

H. Proverbs 6:10: Proverbs 24:33

I. Proverbs 6:11: Proverbs 24:34

J. Proverbs 6:12: Proverbs 16:27

K. Proverbs 6:12: Proverbs 4:24; Proverbs 10:32

L. Proverbs 6:13: Job 15:12; Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 10:10

M. Proverbs 6:14: Proverbs 17:20

N. Proverbs 6:14: Proverbs 3:29; Micah 2:1

O. Proverbs 6:14: Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 16:28

P. Proverbs 6:15: Proverbs 24:22

Q. Proverbs 6:15: Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 30:14; Jeremiah 19:11

S. Proverbs 6:17: Psalm 18:27; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 21:4; Proverbs 30:13

T. Proverbs 6:17: Psalm 31:18; Psalm 120:2; Proverbs 12:22; Proverbs 17:7

U. Proverbs 6:17: Deuteronomy 19:10; Proverbs 28:17; Isaiah 1:15; Isaiah 59:7

V. Proverbs 6:18: Genesis 6:5; Proverbs 24:2

W. Proverbs 6:18: Proverbs 1:16; Isaiah 59:7; Romans 3:15

X. Proverbs 6:19: Psalm 27:12; Proverbs 12:17; Proverbs 19:5; Proverbs 19:9; Proverbs 21:28

Y. Proverbs 6:19: Proverbs 6:14

Z. Proverbs 6:20: Ephesians 6:1

AA. Proverbs 6:21: Proverbs 3:3

AB. Proverbs 6:22: Proverbs 3:23

AC. Proverbs 6:23: Psalm 19:8; Psalm 119:105

AD. Proverbs 6:24: Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5; Proverbs 7:21

AE. Proverbs 6:25: Matthew 5:28

AF. Proverbs 6:25: Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40

AG. Proverbs 6:26: Proverbs 5:9; Proverbs 5:10; Proverbs 29:3

AH. Proverbs 6:26: Proverbs 7:23; Ezekiel 13:18

AI. Proverbs 6:29: Ezekiel 18:6; Ezekiel 33:26

AJ. Proverbs 6:29: Proverbs 16:5

AK. Proverbs 6:30: Job 38:39

AL. Proverbs 6:31: Exodus 22:1-4

AM. Proverbs 6:32: Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4; Proverbs 9:16; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 10:21; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:11

AN. Proverbs 6:32: Proverbs 7:22; Proverbs 7:23

AO. Proverbs 6:34: Proverbs 27:4; Song of Solomon 8:6

AP. Proverbs 6:34: Proverbs 11:4