Proverbs 6
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1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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Chapter 6
Cross References
Proverbs 6:1
Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence...Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debt...Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretish...Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a s...Philemon 1:18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Proverbs 6:2
Proverbs 6:3
James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a l...2 Chronicles 36:12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not...2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand o...Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD...
Proverbs 6:4
Psalms 132:4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Mark 13:35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even...Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his hous...Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, n...
Proverbs 6:5
Psalms 91:3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome...Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is brok...Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.Psalms 11:1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mounta...
Proverbs 6:6
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Proverbs 18:9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience in...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...
Proverbs 6:7
Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Proverbs 30:27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;Job 41:4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?Job 39:26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Proverbs 6:8
Proverbs 6:9
Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How lo...Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Chris...Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in t...
Proverbs 6:10
Proverbs 6:11
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 6:12
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of th...Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not o...Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away...
Cross References
Proverbs 6:1
Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence...Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debt...Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretish...Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a s...Philemon 1:18If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Proverbs 6:2
Proverbs 6:3
James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Psalms 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a l...2 Chronicles 36:12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not...2 Samuel 24:14And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand o...Exodus 10:3And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD...
Proverbs 6:4
Psalms 132:4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,Proverbs 6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Mark 13:35Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even...Matthew 24:17Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his hous...Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, n...
Proverbs 6:5
Psalms 91:3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome...Psalms 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is brok...Proverbs 1:17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.Psalms 11:1In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mounta...
Proverbs 6:6
Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Proverbs 18:9He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?Hebrews 6:12That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience in...Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...
Proverbs 6:7
Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,Proverbs 30:27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;Job 41:4Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?Job 39:26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
Proverbs 6:8
Proverbs 6:9
Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How lo...Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Chris...Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in t...
Proverbs 6:10
Proverbs 6:11
Proverbs 13:4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligen...Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent ma...Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harv...Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 6:12
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of th...Proverbs 16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.Proverbs 4:24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not o...Acts 20:30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away...