Thematic Bible
Proverbs 6:1 (show verse)
My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:2 (show verse)
trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,
Proverbs 6:3 (show verse)
then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!
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Proverbs 6:4 (show verse)
Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.
Proverbs 6:5 (show verse)
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand.
Proverbs 6:6 (show verse)
Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.
Proverbs 6:7 (show verse)
It has no commander, officer, or ruler,
Proverbs 6:8 (show verse)
but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.
Proverbs 6:9 (show verse)
How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 6:10 (show verse)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Proverbs 6:11 (show verse)
and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.
Proverbs 6:12 (show verse)
A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech,
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Proverbs 6:13 (show verse)
winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers,
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Proverbs 6:14 (show verse)
planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord.
Proverbs 6:15 (show verse)
Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover.
Proverbs 6:16 (show verse)
Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:
Proverbs 6:17 (show verse)
Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;
Proverbs 6:18 (show verse)
a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness,
Proverbs 6:19 (show verse)
a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.
Proverbs 6:20 (show verse)
Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules,
Proverbs 6:21 (show verse)
by binding them to your heart continuously, fastening them around your neck.
Proverbs 6:22 (show verse)
During your travels wisdom will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep, she will commune with you.
Proverbs 6:23 (show verse)
Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life
Proverbs 6:24 (show verse)
to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman.
Proverbs 6:25 (show verse)
Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,
Proverbs 6:26 (show verse)
because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life.
Proverbs 6:27 (show verse)
Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?
Proverbs 6:28 (show verse)
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
Proverbs 6:29 (show verse)
So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished.
Proverbs 6:30 (show verse)
A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry,
Proverbs 6:31 (show verse)
but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.
Proverbs 6:32 (show verse)
Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.
Proverbs 6:33 (show verse)
He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear,
Proverbs 6:34 (show verse)
because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge.
Proverbs 6:35 (show verse)
He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe.