Sprüche 6

¹My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger--
²Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth--
³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.
⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
⁵Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;
⁷Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
⁸Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.
⁹How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
¹⁰'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--
¹¹So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man.
¹²A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
¹³That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;
¹⁴Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
¹⁵Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
¹⁶There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
¹⁷Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
¹⁸A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;
¹⁹A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
²⁰My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
²¹Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.
²²When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue.
²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
²⁶For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
²⁸Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
³⁰Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
³¹But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
³²He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
³³Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
³⁵He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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