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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 Folly
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge 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,
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
and your eyelids no slumber;
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
no slumber to your eyelids.
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
like a bird from the snare 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, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
consider its ways and be wise!
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
and gathers her food in harvest.
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
and gathers its food at 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 will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
When will you get up from your 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 —
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.
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
and scarcity like an armed man.
A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
goes about with crooked speech,
A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
continually sowing discord;
who plots evil with deceit in his heart —
he always stirs up conflict.
he always stirs up conflict.
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 disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed — without remedy.
he will suddenly be destroyed — without remedy.
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
seven that are an abomination to him:
There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
seven that are detestable to him:
haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a lying tongue,
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 devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
and one who sows discord among brothers.
a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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.
Warning Against Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
My son, keep your father’s command
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
tie them around your neck.
Bind them always on your heart;
fasten them around your neck.
fasten them around your neck.
When you walk, they will guide you;
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
when you sleep, they will watch over you;
when you awake, they will speak to you.
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 this command is a lamp,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
this teaching is a light,
and correction and instruction
are the way to life,
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
from the smooth talk of a wayward 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;
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
or let her captivate you with her eyes.
For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
Can a man carry fire next to his chest
and his clothes not be burned?
and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
without his clothes being burned?
Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
and his feet not be scorched?
Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
without his feet being 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 is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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,
People do not despise a thief if he steals
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
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.
Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
he who does it destroys himself.
But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
whoever does so destroys himself.
He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
and his shame will never 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 arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.