PROVERBS CHAPTER 6 (ORIGINAL 1611 KJV)

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CHAP. VI.

1 Against suretiship, 6 Idlenesse, 12 And mischieuousnesse. 16 Seuen things hatefull to God. 20 The blessings of obedience. 25 The mischiefes of whoredome.

¹ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.

³ Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.³

⁴ Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁵ Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁶ ¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise.

⁷ Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,

⁸ Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.

⁹ How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?⁹

¹⁰ Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.

¹¹ So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.

¹² ¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feete, hee teacheth with his fingers.

¹⁴ Frowardnesse is in his heart, he deuiseth mischiefe continually, he soweth discord.¹⁴

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamitie come suddenly; suddenly shall hee be broken without remedie.

¹⁶ ¶ These sixe things doeth the Lord hate; yea seuen are an abomination vnto him:¹⁶

¹⁷ A proude looke, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood:¹⁷

¹⁸ An heart that deuiseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischiefe:¹⁸

¹⁹ A false witnesse that speaketh lies; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ ¶ My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not the law of thy mother.²⁰

²¹ Binde them continually vpon thine heart, and tie them about thy necke.

²² When thou goest, it shall leade thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keepe thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talke with thee.

²³ For the Commandement is a lampe, and the Lawe is light: and reproofes of instruction are the way of life:²³

²⁴ To keepe thee from the euill woman, from the flatterie of the tongue of a strange woman.²⁴

²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.²⁵

²⁶ For by meanes of a whorish woman, a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteresse will hunt for the precious life.²⁶

²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

²⁸ Can one goe vpon hote coales, and his feete not be burnt?

²⁹ So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife; whosoeuer toucheth her, shall not be innocent.

³⁰ Men doe not despise a thiefe, if he steale to satisfie his soule, when hee is hungry:

³¹ But if he be found, he shall restore seuenfold, he shall giue all the substance of his house.

³² But who so committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: hee that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.³²

³³ A wound and dishonour shall he get, and his reproch shall not be wiped away.

³⁴ For iealousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

³⁵ He will not regard any ransome; neither will hee rest content, though thou giuest many giftes.³⁵

Proverbs Chapter 6 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible)

³ Or, so shalt thou preuaile with thy friend.
⁹ Cha.13.4. and 20.4. and 24. 33.
¹⁴ Heb. casteth forth.
¹⁶ Heb. of his soule.
¹⁷ Hebr. haughtie eyes.
¹⁸ Rom.3. 15.
²⁰ Chap.1.8.
²³ Psal. 19.9. & 119.105. , Or, candle.
²⁴ Cha.2.16. and 5.3. and 7.5. , Or, of the strange tongue.
²⁵ Mat.5.28.
²⁶ Heb. the woman of a man, or a mans wife.
³² Heb. heart.
³⁵ Hebr. he will not accept the face of any ransome.

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