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Warnings against Foolishness
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.
So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
The Folly of Indolence
Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep —
A little folding of the hands to sleep —
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
And your need like an armed man.
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
The Wicked Man
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
A heart that devises wicked plans,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
Feet that are swift in running to evil,
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
A false witness who speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
And one who sows discord among brethren.
Warnings against Adultery
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Beware of Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:
Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
Tie them around your neck.
when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
And his clothes not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
And his feet not be seared?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
People do not despise a thief
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold;
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.
He who does so destroys his own soul.
A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Wounds and dishonor he will get,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.
And his reproach will not be wiped away.
For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;
For jealousy is a husband’s fury;
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.