{"book":"Proverbs","slug":"proverbs","ch":6,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Proverbs","prev":"proverbs/5","next":"proverbs/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,"}],"h":"Warnings against Foolishness","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"if you have been trapped by the words of your lips,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"ensnared by the words of your mouth,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.","f":["Or hasten"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"then do this, my son, to free yourself,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"Go, humble yourself,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and press your plea with your neighbor."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Allow no sleep to your eyes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or slumber to your eyelids."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], like a bird from the snare of the fowler.","f":["Hebrew does not include of the hunter."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a bird from the snare of the fowler."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"observe its ways and become wise."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":7,"t":"Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Without a commander,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without an overseer or ruler,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"it prepares its provisions in summer;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"it gathers its food at harvest."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"How long will you lie there, O slacker?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"When will you get up from your sleep?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A little sleep, a little slumber,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a little folding of the hands to rest,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"and poverty will come upon you like a robber,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and need like a bandit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"A worthless person, a wicked man,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"walks with a perverse mouth,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"winking his eyes, speaking with his feet,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and pointing with his fingers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"With deceit in his heart he devises evil;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he continually sows discord."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"There are six [things that] the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":17,"t":"haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"haughty eyes,"},{"style":"list1","t":"a lying tongue,"},{"style":"list1","t":"hands that shed innocent blood,"}],"style":"list1"},{"v":18,"t":"a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"a heart that devises wicked schemes,"},{"style":"list1","t":"feet that run swiftly to evil,"}],"style":"list1"},{"v":19,"t":"a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"list1","t":"a false witness who gives false testimony,"},{"style":"list1","t":"and one who stirs up discord among brothers."}],"style":"list1"},{"v":20,"t":"My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My son, keep your father’s commandment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and do not forsake your mother’s teaching."}],"h":"Warnings against Adultery","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Bind them always upon your heart;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tie them around your neck."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When you walk, they will guide you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when you lie down, they will watch over you;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when you awake, they will speak to you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching [is] a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching [is] a light,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.","f":["Or the stranger"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to keep you from the evil woman,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from the smooth tongue of the adulteress."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.","f":["Or eyelids or eyelashes"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not lust in your heart for her beauty"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or let her captivate you with her eyes."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.","f":["Literally a crust of bread"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the adulteress preys upon your very life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can a man embrace fire"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his clothes not be burned?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Can a man walk on hot coals"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without scorching his feet?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":29,"t":"So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no one who touches her will go unpunished."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"[Men] do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[Men] do not despise the thief"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if he steals to satisfy his hunger."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":31,"t":"Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he must give up all the wealth of his house."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":32,"t":"He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He who commits adultery lacks judgment;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whoever does so destroys himself."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Wounds and dishonor will befall him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his reproach will never be wiped away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For jealousy enrages a husband,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":35,"t":"He will not be appeased by any ransom, [or] persuaded by lavish gifts.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He will not be appeased by any ransom,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[or] persuaded by lavish gifts."}],"style":"indent1"}]}