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Practical Warnings
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
have given your pledge for a stranger,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
have given your pledge for a stranger,
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,
if you are snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy 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.
Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
and your eyelids no slumber;
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine 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, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
consider her ways, and be wise.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
and gathers her food in harvest.
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
When will you arise from your sleep?
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 folding of the hands to rest,
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
and want like an armed man.
So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
goes about with crooked speech,
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
continually sowing discord;
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
seven that are an abomination to him:
These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
and one who sows discord among brothers.
a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.
Warnings Against Adultery
My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and forsake not your mother’s teaching.
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;
Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
tie them around your neck.
bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy 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 the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and 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.
Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee 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 carry fire next to his chest
and his clothes not be burned?
and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
and his feet not be scorched?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
none who touches her will go unpunished.
none who touches her will go unpunished.
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
he will give all the goods of his house.
and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
he who does it destroys himself.
Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
For jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;