The Lord hates six things;
in fact, seven are detestable to Him:

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.

A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,

winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,
and gesturing with his fingers.

a lying witness who gives false testimony,
and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.

A worthless person, a wicked man
goes around speaking dishonestly,

Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;
he will be shattered instantly—beyond recovery.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,

a heart that plots wicked schemes,
feet eager to run to evil,

Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.

you have been trapped by the words of your lips—
ensnared by the words of your mouth.

When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,
but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.

Can a man walk on burning coals
without scorching his feet?

So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.

The one who commits adultery lacks sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.

For jealousy enrages a husband,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;
he must give up all the wealth in his house.

He will get a beating and dishonor,
and his disgrace will never be removed.

He will not be appeased by anything
or be persuaded by lavish gifts.

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