| 1 | My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. |
| 4 | Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy 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 guide, overseer, or ruler, |
| 8 | Provideth her provisions 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 one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| 12 | A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
| 13 | He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; |
| 14 | Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
| 15 | Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. |
| 16 | These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: |
| 17 | A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. |
| 18 | A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief, |
| 19 | A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. |
| 20 | My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| 21 | Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
| 22 | When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep 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 tongue of a strange woman. |
| 25 | Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
| 26 | For by means of a lewd woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. |
| 27 | Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
| 28 | Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
| 29 | So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
| 30 | Men do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; |
| 31 | But if he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
| 32 | But whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
| 33 | A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
| 34 | For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore 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. |