| 1 | My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken 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 art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure 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 | Go 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| 12 | A naughty 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, and hands that shed innocent blood, |
| 18 | An 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; and [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] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. |
| 27 | Can a man take fire in 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 neighbour'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 dishonour 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 regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
