| 1 | My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; |
| 2 | Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| 3 | Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; |
| 4 | Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; |
| 5 | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| 6 | Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: |
| 7 | Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, |
| 8 | Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. |
| 9 | How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
| 10 | [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: |
| 11 | So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. |
| 12 | A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; |
| 13 | That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers; |
| 14 | In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. |
| 15 | Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy. |
| 16 | There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: |
| 17 | Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood; |
| 18 | A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
| 19 | A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| 20 | My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| 21 | Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck. |
| 22 | When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
| 23 | For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
| 24 | To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue. |
| 25 | Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
| 26 | For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. |
| 27 | Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned? |
| 28 | Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? |
| 29 | So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished. |
| 30 | Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry: |
| 31 | But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house. |
| 32 | He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul. |
| 33 | Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
| 34 | For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
| 35 | He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |