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Proverbs 6

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  1. Proverbs 6:1

    My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

  2. Proverbs 6:2

    Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  3. Proverbs 6:3

    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. Proverbs 6:4

    Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  5. Proverbs 6:5

    Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  6. Proverbs 6:6

    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  7. Proverbs 6:7

    Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

  8. Proverbs 6:8

    Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

  9. Proverbs 6:9

    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  10. Proverbs 6:10

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  11. Proverbs 6:11

    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  12. Proverbs 6:12

    A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  13. Proverbs 6:13

    He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

  14. Proverbs 6:14

    Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  15. Proverbs 6:15

    Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  16. Proverbs 6:16

    These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

  17. Proverbs 6:17

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  18. Proverbs 6:18

    An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

  19. Proverbs 6:19

    A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  20. Proverbs 6:20

    My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

  21. Proverbs 6:21

    Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

  22. Proverbs 6:22

    When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  23. Proverbs 6:23

    For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

  24. Proverbs 6:24

    To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  25. Proverbs 6:25

    Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  26. Proverbs 6:26

    For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

  27. Proverbs 6:27

    Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

  28. Proverbs 6:28

    Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

  29. Proverbs 6:29

    So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

  30. Proverbs 6:30

    Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

  31. Proverbs 6:31

    But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

  32. Proverbs 6:32

    But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

  33. Proverbs 6:33

    A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

  34. Proverbs 6:34

    For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

  35. Proverbs 6:35

    He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.