Berean Standard Bible

Proverbs 6:1-19

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

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