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The chapter warns against rash surety, points the sluggard to the ant, describes a wicked troublemaker, lists things the LORD hates, and returns to the devastating cost of adultery.
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Proverbs 6
The chapter warns against rash surety, points the sluggard to the ant, describes a wicked troublemaker, lists things the LORD hates, and returns to the devastating cost of adultery.
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Verses 1–5Escape foolish financial pledges quickly and humble yourself to be releasedVerses 6–11Learn diligence from the ant and avoid the poverty of lazinessVerses 12–19The wicked troublemaker and the seven things the LORD hatesVerses 20–35Keep parental instruction and flee adultery, jealousy, and its destructive consequences
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1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if…2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou…3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou…4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine…5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the…6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and…7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food…9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou…10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding…11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and…12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward…13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,…14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he…15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be…16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are…17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed…18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift…19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth…20My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the…21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about…22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest,…23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is…24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery…25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let…26For by means of a whorish woman a man is…27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his…28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not…29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever…30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to…31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he…32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he…33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach…34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he…35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest…