Proverbs 6:1-35 BSB

[1] My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, [2] if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, [3] then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor. [4] Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. [5] Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. [6] Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. [7] Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, [8] it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. [9] How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? [10] A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, [11] and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. [12] A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, [13] winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. [14] With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. [15] Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. [16] There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: [17] haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, [18] a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, [19] a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. [20] My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. [21] Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck. [22] When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. [23] For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, [24] to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. [25] Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. [26] For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life. [27] Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? [28] Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? [29] So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. [30] Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger. [31] Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house. [32] He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself. [33] Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away. [34] For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. [35] He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.