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Warnings against Foolishness
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
and are caught by what you said —
and are caught by what you said —
Do 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.
follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
Don’t rest until you do.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
like a bird fleeing from a net.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
or governor or ruler to make them work,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.
gathering food for the winter.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?
When will you wake up?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest —
a little folding of the hands to rest —
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
What are worthless and wicked people like?
They are constant liars,
They are constant liars,
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,
a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Their perverted hearts plot evil,
and they constantly stir up trouble.
and they constantly stir up trouble.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
But they will be destroyed suddenly,
broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
There are six things the LORD hates —
no, seven things he detests:
no, seven things he detests:
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
feet that race to do wrong,
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
a false witness who pours out lies,
a person who sows discord in a family.
a person who sows discord in a family.
Warnings against Adultery
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
Tie them around your neck.
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
When you walk, their counsel will lead you.
When you sleep, they will protect you.
When you wake up, they will advise you.
When you sleep, they will protect you.
When you wake up, they will advise you.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Don’t lust for her beauty.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
and not have his clothes catch on fire?
and not have his clothes catch on fire?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
and not blister his feet?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife.
He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Excuses might be found for a thief
who steals because he is starving.
who steals because he is starving.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,
even if he has to sell everything in his house.
even if he has to sell everything in his house.
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
for he destroys himself.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.
His shame will never be erased.
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.