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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,
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
and are caught by what you said —
and are caught by what you said —
if you are snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
caught in 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.
Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
and your eyelids no slumber;
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
like a bird fleeing from a net.
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, O sluggard;
consider her ways, and be wise.
consider her 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,
Without having any chief,
officer, or ruler,
officer, or ruler,
they labor hard all summer,
gathering food for the winter.
gathering food for the winter.
she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers her food in harvest.
and gathers her food in 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, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
When will you arise 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 upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
and want like an armed man.
What are worthless and wicked people like?
They are constant liars,
They are constant liars,
A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with crooked speech,
goes about with crooked speech,
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.
Their perverted hearts plot evil,
and they constantly stir up trouble.
and they constantly stir up trouble.
with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing discord;
continually sowing discord;
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 calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
There are six things the LORD hates —
no, seven things he detests:
no, seven things he detests:
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
seven that are an abomination 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,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
and 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 plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
feet that make haste to run to 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 breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.
and one who sows discord among brothers.
My son, obey your father’s commands,
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction.
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.
Keep their words always in your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
Tie them around your neck.
Bind them on your heart always;
tie them around your neck.
tie 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.
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 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,
It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous 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 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;
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 carry fire next to his chest
and his clothes not be burned?
and his clothes not be burned?
Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
and not blister his feet?
Or can one walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
and his feet not be 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 goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
none who touches her will go unpunished.
none 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 appetite when he is hungry,
to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
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 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.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
for he destroys himself.
He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
he who does it destroys himself.
He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.
His shame will never be erased.
He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
and his disgrace will not 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 makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
and he will not spare when he takes revenge.