Proverbs 6
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —
2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
2Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —
3then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.
4Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
5Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;
7Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
7Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
8Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.
9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
10'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —
11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
11So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.
12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
12A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
13That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;
14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
16There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
18A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;
19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
19A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
21Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.
22When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.
25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
26For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
26For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
28Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
30Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
31But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
32He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
33Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
34For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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