Proverbs 6 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Parental Counsel

6 My son, if you have become (A)surety for your neighbor,
Have [a]given a pledge for a stranger,
2 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3 Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the [b]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
4 Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.

6 Go to the (D)ant, O (E)sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having (F)no chief,
Officer or ruler,
8 Prepares her food (G)in the summer
And gathers her provision in the harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 “(H)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [c]rest”—
11 (I)Your poverty will come in like a [d]vagabond
And your need like [e]an armed man.

12 A (J)worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a (K)perverse mouth,
13 Who (L)winks with his eyes, who [f]signals with his feet,
Who [g]points with his fingers;
14 Who with (M)perversity in his heart continually (N)devises evil,
Who [h](O)spreads strife.
15 Therefore (P)his calamity will come suddenly;
(Q)Instantly he will be broken and there will be (R)no healing.

16 There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination [i]to Him:
17 (S)Haughty eyes, a (T)lying tongue,
And hands that (U)shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises (V)wicked plans,
(W)Feet that run rapidly to evil,
19 A (X)false witness who utters lies,
And one who [j](Y)spreads strife among brothers.

20 (Z)My son, observe the commandment of your father
And do not forsake the [k]teaching of your mother;
21 (AA)Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22 When you (AB)walk about, [l]they will guide you;
When you sleep, [m]they will watch over you;
And when you awake, [n]they will talk to you.
23 For (AC)the commandment is a lamp and the [o]teaching is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24 To (AD)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the [p]adulteress.
25 (AE)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her (AF)eyelids.
26 For (AG)on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And [q]an adulteress (AH)hunts for the precious life.
27 Can a man [r]take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is the one who (AI)goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her (AJ)will not [s]go unpunished.
30 [t]Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To (AK)satisfy [u]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (AL)repay sevenfold;
He must give all the [v]substance of his house.
32 The one who commits adultery with a woman is (AM)lacking [w]sense;
He who would (AN)destroy [x]himself does it.
33 Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
34 For (AO)jealousy [y]enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the (AP)day of vengeance.
35 He will not [z]accept any ransom,
Nor will he be [aa]satisfied though you give many [ab]gifts.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit clapped your palms
  2. Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
  3. Proverbs 6:10 Lit lie down
  4. Proverbs 6:11 Lit one who walks
  5. Proverbs 6:11 Lit a man with a shield
  6. Proverbs 6:13 Lit scrapes
  7. Proverbs 6:13 Lit instructs with
  8. Proverbs 6:14 Lit sends out
  9. Proverbs 6:16 Lit of His soul
  10. Proverbs 6:19 Lit sends out
  11. Proverbs 6:20 Or law
  12. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  13. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  14. Proverbs 6:22 Lit she
  15. Proverbs 6:23 Or law
  16. Proverbs 6:24 Lit foreign woman
  17. Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife
  18. Proverbs 6:27 Lit snatch up
  19. Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent
  20. Proverbs 6:30 Lit They do not; or Do not men...?
  21. Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul
  22. Proverbs 6:31 Or wealth
  23. Proverbs 6:32 Lit heart
  24. Proverbs 6:32 Lit his soul
  25. Proverbs 6:34 Lit is the rage of
  26. Proverbs 6:35 Lit lift up the face of any
  27. Proverbs 6:35 Lit willing
  28. Proverbs 6:35 Or bribes

Cross references

  1. Proverbs 6:1 : Prov 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 22:26; 27:13
  2. Proverbs 6:4 : Ps 132:4
  3. Proverbs 6:5 : Ps 91:3; 124:7
  4. Proverbs 6:6 : Prov 30:24, 25
  5. Proverbs 6:6 : Prov 6:9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16
  6. Proverbs 6:7 : Prov 30:27
  7. Proverbs 6:8 : Prov 10:5
  8. Proverbs 6:10 : Prov 24:33
  9. Proverbs 6:11 : Prov 24:34
  10. Proverbs 6:12 : Prov 16:27
  11. Proverbs 6:12 : Prov 4:24; 10:32
  12. Proverbs 6:13 : Job 15:12; Ps 35:19; Prov 10:10
  13. Proverbs 6:14 : Prov 17:20
  14. Proverbs 6:14 : Prov 3:29; Mic 2:1
  15. Proverbs 6:14 : Prov 6:19; 16:28
  16. Proverbs 6:15 : Prov 24:22
  17. Proverbs 6:15 : Is 30:13, 14; Jer 19:11
  18. Proverbs 6:15 : 2 Chr 36:16
  19. Proverbs 6:17 : Ps 18:27; 101:5; Prov 21:4; 30:13
  20. Proverbs 6:17 : Ps 31:18; 120:2; Prov 12:22; 17:7
  21. Proverbs 6:17 : Deut 19:10; Prov 28:17; Is 1:15; 59:7
  22. Proverbs 6:18 : Gen 6:5; Prov 24:2
  23. Proverbs 6:18 : Prov 1:16; Is 59:7; Rom 3:15
  24. Proverbs 6:19 : Ps 27:12; Prov 12:17; 19:5, 9; 21:28
  25. Proverbs 6:19 : Prov 6:14
  26. Proverbs 6:20 : Eph 6:1
  27. Proverbs 6:21 : Prov 3:3
  28. Proverbs 6:22 : Prov 3:23
  29. Proverbs 6:23 : Ps 19:8; 119:105
  30. Proverbs 6:24 : Prov 5:3; 7:5, 21
  31. Proverbs 6:25 : Matt 5:28
  32. Proverbs 6:25 : 2 Kin 9:30; Jer 4:30; Ezek 23:40
  33. Proverbs 6:26 : Prov 5:9, 10; 29:3
  34. Proverbs 6:26 : Prov 7:23; Ezek 13:18
  35. Proverbs 6:29 : Ezek 18:6; 33:26
  36. Proverbs 6:29 : Prov 16:5
  37. Proverbs 6:30 : Job 38:39
  38. Proverbs 6:31 : Ex 22:1-4
  39. Proverbs 6:32 : Prov 7:7; 9:4, 16; 10:13, 21; 11:12; 12:11
  40. Proverbs 6:32 : Prov 7:22, 23
  41. Proverbs 6:34 : Prov 27:4; Song 8:6
  42. Proverbs 6:34 : Prov 11:4

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