1902 Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR)

Proverbs 6

1 Against suretiship, 6 idleness, 12 and mischievousness. 16 Seven things hateful to God. 20 The blessings of obedience. 25 The mischiefs of whoredom.

 6:1 ¶ My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour,—have struck for a stranger thy hands,

 6:2 Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth,—thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth.

 6:3 Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;

 6:4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;

 6:5 Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

 6:6 ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

 6:7 Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

 6:8 Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.

 6:9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:—

 6:11 So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

 6:12 ¶ An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;

 6:13 Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;

 6:14 [Hath] perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.

 6:15 For this cause, suddenly cometh his doom, in a moment, shall he be torn in pieces and there be no mending.

 6:16 These six things, doth Yahweh hate, yea, seven, are the abomination of his soul:—

 6:17 Eyes that are lofty, a tongue that is false, and hands shedding innocent blood;

 6:18 A heart contriving iniquitous devices, feet hasting to run into mischief;

 6:19 One that uttereth lies—a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

 6:20 ¶ Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother:

 6:21 Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;

 6:22 When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

 6:23 For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

 6:24 To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

 6:25 Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

 6:26 Because, for the sake of an impure woman, [a man may be brought] even to a cake of bread,—and, a man's wife, for a precious soul, may hunt!

 6:27 Can a man snatch up fire in his bosom, and, his clothes, not be burned?

 6:28 Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and, his feet, not be burned?

 6:29 So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

 6:30 Men despise not a thief, when he stealeth, to satisfy his appetite, because he is famished;

 6:31 Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:

 6:32 He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

 6:33 Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

 6:34 For, jealousy, is the rage of a man, nor will he spare, in the day of avenging;

 6:35 He will not look, at any ransom, neither will he consent, though thou increase the bribe.