Proverbs 6:1-35 KJ21

[1] My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger, [2] thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. [3] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: Go, humble thyself, so that thou shalt prevail with thy friend. [4] Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. [5] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. [6] Look to the ant, thou sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, [7] which, having no guide, overseer or ruler, [8] provideth her meat in the summer and gathereth her food in the harvest. [9] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? [10] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep" [11] so shall thy poverty come as a marauder, and thy want as an armed man. [12] A vile person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth; [13] he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; [14] frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually, he soweth discord. [15] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. [16] These six things doth the LORD hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto Him: [17] a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, [18] a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, [19] a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. [20] My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother. [21] Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. [22] When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. [23] For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life [24] to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. [25] Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids. [26] For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought down to a piece of bread, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. [27] Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? [28] Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? [29] So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. [30] Men do not despise a thief if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry. [31] But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. [32] But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. [33] A wound and dishonor shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away. [34] For jealousy is the rage of a man; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance; [35] he will not consider any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.