Proverbs 6:1-19

1My son, if you have become 1surety for your neighbor, Have 2given a pledge for a stranger,2If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,3Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the 3hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.4Give no 4sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand And like a 5bird from the hand of the fowler.

6Go to the 6ant, O 7sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,7Which, having 8no chief, Officer or ruler,8Prepares her food 9in the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest.9How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?10“10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to 11rest”--1112Your poverty will come in like a 13vagabond And your need like 14an armed man.

12A 15worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a 16perverse mouth,13Who 17winks with his eyes, who 18signals with his feet, Who 19points with his fingers;14Who with 20perversity in his heart continually 21devises evil, Who 2223spreads strife.15Therefore 24his calamity will come suddenly; 25Instantly he will be broken and there will be 26no healing.

16There are six things which the Lord hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination 27to Him:1728Haughty eyes, a 29lying tongue, And hands that 30shed innocent blood,18A heart that devises 31wicked plans, 32Feet that run rapidly to evil,19A 33false witness who utters lies, And one who 3435spreads strife among brothers.