Proverbs 6:1-35 GW

[1] My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake, [2] you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise. [3] Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Humble yourself, and pester your neighbor. [4] Don't let your eyes rest or your eyelids close. [5] Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter. [6] Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise. [7] Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler, [8] in summertime it stores its food supply. At harvest time it gathers its food. [9] How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up from your sleep? [10] "Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap." [11] Then your poverty will come to you like a drifter, and your need will come to you like a bandit. [12] A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth. [13] He winks his eye, makes a signal with his foot, and points with his fingers. [14] He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict. [15] That is why disaster will come on him suddenly. In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery. [16] There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven that are disgusting to him: [17] arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, [18] a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong, [19] a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives. [20] My son, obey the command of your father, and do not disregard the teachings of your mother. [21] Fasten them on your heart forever. Hang them around your neck. [22] When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will talk to you [23] because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life [24] to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman. [25] Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes. [26] A prostitute's price is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for your life itself. [27] Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes? [28] Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet? [29] So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor's wife. None who touch her will escape punishment. [30] People do not despise a thief who is hungry when he steals to satisfy his appetite, [31] but when he is caught, he has to repay it seven times. He must give up all the possessions in his house. [32] Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself. [33] An adulterous man will find disease and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be blotted out, [34] because jealousy arouses a husband's fury. The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge. [35] No amount of money will change his mind. The largest bribe will not satisfy him.