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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,
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.
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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 no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
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.
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,
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
consider its ways and be wise!
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, 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 sleep —
A little folding of the hands to sleep —
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest —
a little folding of the hands to rest —
So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
And your need 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.
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;
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,
Perversity is in his heart,
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
He devises evil continually,
He sows discord.
who plots evil with deceit in his heart —
he always stirs up conflict.
he always stirs up conflict.
Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
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 the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
seven that are detestable to him:
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 are swift in running to evil,
Feet that are swift in running 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 speaks lies,
And one who sows discord among brethren.
And one who sows discord among brethren.
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.
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.
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 continually upon your heart;
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 law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction 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,
To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
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 lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
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 take fire to his bosom,
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?
Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
And his feet not be seared?
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;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
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 himself when he is starving.
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
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.
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.
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.
Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.
He who does so destroys his own soul.
But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
whoever does so destroys himself.
Wounds and dishonor he will get,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.
And his reproach 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 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.
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.