These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul: -

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: -

Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;

One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth;

For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands,

Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?

Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;

A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;

Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.

When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

Because, for the sake of an impure woman, a man may be brought even to a cake of bread, - and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;

Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?

So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;

Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.