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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,
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
and are caught by what you said —
and are caught by what you said —
you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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.
Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
Don’t rest until you do.
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
no slumber to your eyelids.
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
like a bird fleeing from a net.
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.
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Learn from their ways and become wise!
Go to the ant, you sluggard;
consider its ways and be wise!
consider its ways and be wise!
Though they have no prince
or governor or ruler to make them work,
or governor or ruler to make them work,
It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
no overseer or ruler,
they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.
gathering food for the winter.
yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
and gathers its food at harvest.
But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
When will you wake up?
When will you wake up?
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 extra sleep, a little more 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 —
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.
and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
and scarcity like an armed man.
What are worthless and wicked people like?
They are constant liars,
They are constant liars,
A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
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.
who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
Their perverted hearts plot evil,
and they constantly stir up trouble.
and they constantly stir up trouble.
who plots evil with deceit in his heart —
he always stirs up conflict.
he always stirs up conflict.
But they will be destroyed suddenly,
broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
broken in an instant beyond all hope of 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 the LORD hates —
no, seven things he detests:
no, seven things he detests:
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 kill the innocent,
a lying tongue,
hands that kill the innocent,
haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that plots evil,
feet that race to do wrong,
feet that race to do wrong,
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 pours out lies,
a person who sows discord in a family.
a person who sows discord in a family.
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.
My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
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.
Keep their words always in 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, 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.
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 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.
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,
It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
Don’t lust for her beauty.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
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 scoop a flame into his lap
and not have his clothes catch on fire?
and not have his clothes catch on fire?
Can a man scoop fire into his lap
without his clothes being burned?
without his clothes being burned?
Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
and not blister his feet?
Can a man walk on hot coals
without his feet being scorched?
without his feet being scorched?
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.
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.
Excuses might be found for a thief
who steals because he is starving.
who steals because 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.
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.
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.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
for he destroys himself.
But a man who commits adultery has no sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.
whoever does so destroys himself.
He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.
His shame will never be erased.
Blows and disgrace are his lot,
and his shame will never be wiped away.
and his shame will never be wiped away.
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.
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.