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Read Proverbs 6

World English Bible · 35 verses

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³ Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁷ which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁸ provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
⁹ How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹¹ so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁶ There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²² When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁴ to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁵ Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁶ For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁸ Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁰ Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³¹ but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³² He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³³ He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁴ For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
³⁵ He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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