Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 6

1My sonH1121, ifH518 you have put up securityH6148 for your neighborH7453, if you have struck hands in pledgeH8628 H3709 with a strangerH2114,2if you have been trappedH3369 by the wordsH561 of your lipsH6310, ensnaredH3920 by the wordsH561 of your mouthH6310,3thenH645 doH6213 thisH2063, my sonH1121, to free yourselfH5337, forH3588 you have fallenH935 into your neighbor’sH7453 handsH3709: GoH1980, humble yourselfH7511,1 and press your pleaH7292 with your neighborH7453.4AllowH5414 noH408 sleepH8142 to your eyesH5869 or slumberH8572 to your eyelidsH6079.5Free yourselfH5337, like a gazelleH6643 from the handH3027 of the hunter,2 like a birdH6833 from the snareH3027 of the fowlerH3353.

6Walk in the manner ofH1980 H413 the antH5244, O slackerH6102;observeH7200 its waysH1870 and become wiseH2449.7 WithoutH369 a commanderH7101,without an overseerH7860 or rulerH4910,8it preparesH3559 its provisionsH3899 in summerH7019;it gathersH103 its foodH3978 at harvestH7105.9HowH4970 longH5704 will you lie thereH7901, O slackerH6102?WhenH4970 will you get upH6965 from your sleepH8142?10A littleH4592 sleepH8142, a littleH4592 slumberH8572,a littleH4592 foldingH2264 of the handsH3027 to restH7901,11and povertyH7389 will come upon youH935 like a robberH1980,and needH4270 like a banditH376 H4043.

12A worthlessH1100 personH120, a wickedH205 manH376,walksH1980 with a perverseH6143 mouthH6310,13winkingH7169 his eyesH5869, speakingH4448 with his feetH7272,and pointingH3384 with his fingersH676.14With deceitH8419 in his heartH3820 he devisesH2790 evilH7451;he continuallyH3605 H6256 sowsH7971 discordH4090.15ThereforeH5921 H3651 calamityH343 will come upon himH935 suddenlyH6597;in an instantH6621 he will be shatteredH7665 beyondH369 recoveryH4832.

16There areH2007 sixH8337 things that the LORDH3068 hatesH8130, sevenH7651 that are detestableH8441 to HimH5315:

17haughtyH7311 eyesH5869, a lyingH8267 tongueH3956, handsH3027 that shedH8210 innocentH5355 bloodH1818, 18a heartH3820 that devisesH2790 wickedH205 schemesH4284, feetH7272 that runH7323 swiftlyH4116 to evilH7451,

Warnings against Adultery

19a falseH8267 witnessH5707 who gives falseH3577 testimonyH6315, and one who stirs upH7971 discordH4090 amongH996 brothersH251.

20My sonH1121, keepH5341 your father’sH1 commandmentH4687,and do notH408 forsakeH5203 your mother’sH517 teachingH8451.21Bind themH7194 alwaysH8548 uponH5921 your heartH3820;tie themH6029 aroundH5921 your neckH1621.22When you walkH1980, they will guide youH5148;when youH853 lie downH7901, they will watchH8104 over youH5921;when you awakeH6974, theyH1931 will speak to youH7878.23ForH3588 this commandmentH4687 is a lampH5216, this teachingH8451 is a lightH216,and the reproofsH8433 of disciplineH4148 are the wayH1870 to lifeH2416,24to keep youH8104 from the evilH7451 womanH802,from the smoothH2513 tongueH3956 of the adulteressH5237.3

25Do notH408 lustH2530 in your heartH3824 H408 for her beautyH3308or let her captivate youH3947 with her eyesH6079.426ForH3588 the levyH1157 of the prostituteH802 H2181 is povertyH3603 H3899 H5704,5and the adulteressH802 H376 preys uponH6679 your veryH3368 lifeH5315.27Can a manH376 embraceH2846 H2436 fireH784and his clothesH899 notH3808 be burnedH8313?28CanH518 a manH376 walkH1980 onH5921 hot coalsH1513withoutH3808 scorchingH3554 his feetH7272?29SoH3651 is he who sleeps withH935 H413 another man’sH7453 wifeH802;no oneH3808 H3605 who touchesH5060 her will go unpunishedH5352.

30Men do notH3808 despiseH936 the thiefH1590ifH3588 he stealsH1589 to satisfyH4390 hisH5315 hungerH3588 H7456.31Yet if caughtH4672, he must payH7999 sevenfoldH7659 ;he must give upH5414 allH3605 the wealthH1952 of his houseH1004.32He who commits adulteryH5003 H802 lacksH2638 judgmentH3820;whoeverH1931 does soH6213 destroysH7843 himselfH5315.33WoundsH5061 and dishonorH7036 will befall himH4672,and his reproachH2781 will neverH3808 be wiped awayH4229.34ForH3588 jealousyH7068 enrages a husbandH2534 H1397,and he will show noH3808 mercyH2550 in the dayH3117 of vengeanceH5359.35He will notH3808 be appeasedH5375 H6440 by anyH3605 ransomH3724,or persuadedH14 H3588 by lavishH7235 giftsH7810.