1My son, if you have become collateral for…
2you are trapped by the words of your…
3Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,…
4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber…
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand…
6Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her…
7which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers…
9How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will…
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little…
11so your poverty will come as a robber,…
12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is…
13who winks with his eyes, who signals with…
14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil…
15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will…
16There are six things which the LORD hates;…
17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed…
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that…
19a false witness who utters lies, and he…
20My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t…
21Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them…
22When you walk, it will lead you. When…
23For the commandment is a lamp, and the…
24to keep you from the immoral woman, from…
25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,…
26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece…
27Can a man scoop fire into his lap,…
28Or can one walk on hot coals, and…
29So is he who goes in to his…
30Men don’t despise a thief if he steals…
31but if he is found, he shall restore…
32He who commits adultery with a woman is…
33He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach…
34For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.…
35He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he…
