en_cjb - Pro 6 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ My son, if you have put up security for your friend, if you committed yourself on behalf of another;

² you have been snared by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your own mouth.

³ Do this now, my son, and extricate yourself, since you put yourself in your friend’s power: go, humble yourself, and pester your friend;

⁴ give your eyes no sleep, give your eyelids no rest;

⁵ break free, like a gazelle from the [hunter’s] trap, like a bird from the grip of the fowler.

⁶ Go to the ant, you lazybones! Consider its ways, and be wise.

⁷ It has no chief, overseer or ruler;

⁸ yet it provides its food in summer and gathers its supplies at harvest-time.

⁹ Lazybones! How long will you lie there in bed? When will you get up from your sleep?

¹⁰ “I’ll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep” —

¹¹ and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

¹² A scoundrel, a vicious man, lives by crooked speech,

¹³ winking his eyes, shuffling his feet, pointing with his fingers.

¹⁴ With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord.

¹⁵ Therefore disaster suddenly overcomes him; unexpectedly, he is broken beyond repair.

¹⁶ There are six things ADONAI hates, seven which he detests:

¹⁷ a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,

¹⁹ a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.

²⁰ My son, obey your father’s command, and don’t abandon your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck.

²² When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will talk with you.

²³ For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light, and reproofs that discipline are the way to life.

²⁴ They keep you from an evil woman, from a loose woman’s seductive tongue.

²⁵ Don’t let your heart lust after her beauty or allow her glance to captivate you.

²⁶ The price of a whore is a loaf of bread, but the adulteress is hunting for a precious life.

²⁷ Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without burning his clothes?

²⁸ Can a man walk [barefoot] on hot coals without scorching his feet?

²⁹ So is he who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; anyone touching her will be punished.

³⁰ A thief is not despised if he steals only to satisfy his appetite when hungry;

³¹ but even he, if caught, must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth that he owns.

³² He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.

³³ He will get nothing but blows and contempt, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

³⁴ For jealousy drives a man into a rage; he will show no mercy when he takes revenge;

³⁵ he will not accept compensation; he’ll refuse every bribe, no matter how large.