Proverbs 6

1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

בְּנִי אִם־עָרַבְתָּ לְרֵעֶךָ תָּקַעְתָּ לַזָּר כַּפֶּיךָ׃ (2432)

See also: Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 20:16, Matthew 5:25, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32-33, Job 17:3, Proverbs 27:13, Philemon 1:18-19, Hebrews 7:22, Isaiah 2:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:11, Luke 12:58

2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

נֹוקַשְׁתָּ בְאִמְרֵי־פִיךָ נִלְכַּדְתָּ בְּאִמְרֵי־פִיךָ׃ (2086)

See also: Proverbs 18:7, Proverbs 12:13, Mark 6:23, 2 Samuel 1:16, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 59:12, Daniel 6:9

3Do 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.

עֲשֵׂה זֹאת אֵפֹוא ׀ בְּנִי וְהִנָּצֵל כִּי בָאתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶךָ לֵךְ הִתְרַפֵּס וּרְהַב רֵעֶיךָ׃ (3247)

See also: James 4:10, Genesis 32:4, 2 Samuel 24:14, Psalms 31:8, Genesis 33:3, Exodus 10:3, 2 Chronicles 12:5, 2 Chronicles 36:12

4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

אַל־תִּתֵּן שֵׁנָה לְעֵינֶיךָ וּתְנוּמָה לְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ׃ (2293)

See also: Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 24:33, Isaiah 56:10, Proverbs 6:10-11, Luke 22:46, Psalms 55:7, Mark 13:35-36, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Genesis 19:15, 1 Samuel 25:18, Matthew 24:17-18, 1 Samuel 20:38, 2 Samuel 17:16, 2 Samuel 19:16, Jeremiah 48:6, Mark 13:15, Acts 24:25

5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

הִנָּצֵל כִּצְבִי מִיָּד וּכְצִפֹּור מִיַּד יָקוּשׁ׃ (1223)

See also: Psalms 124:7, Psalms 91:3, 2 Timothy 2:22, Genesis 39:12, Psalms 11:1, Proverbs 4:15, 2 Kings 7:7, 1 Chronicles 12:8, Proverbs 1:17

6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

לֵךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם׃ (915)

7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל׃ (1732)

See also: Job 38:39-39:12, Proverbs 30:27, Job 39:26-30, Job 41:4-34

8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ׃ (1472)

See also: Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 30:25, 1 Timothy 6:19

9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

עַד־מָתַי עָצֵל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ׃ (3242)

See also: Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 24:33-34, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 19:15, Matthew 17:17, Psalms 94:8, Proverbs 19:24, Proverbs 23:21, Jeremiah 4:14, Ephesians 5:14, Psalms 62:3, Proverbs 1:22, Mark 13:36, Romans 13:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-7, 1 Samuel 1:14, Proverbs 26:14

10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

מְעַט נֹות מְעַט תְּנוּמֹות מְעַט ׀ חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב׃ (2241)

See also: Proverbs 24:33-34, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 20:4, Ecclesiastes 4:5, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 23:33-34

11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

וּבָא־כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵן׃ (1403)

See also: Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 24:34, Job 15:24, Proverbs 13:25, Job 17:3

12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

אָדָם בְּלִיַּעַל אִישׁ אָוֶן הֹולֵךְ עִקְּשׁוּת פֶּה׃ (1577)

13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

קֹרֵץ בְּעֵינָיו מֹלֵל בְּרַגְלָו מֹרֶה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו׃ (1705)

See also: Psalms 35:19, Isaiah 58:9, Job 15:12, Proverbs 10:10, Psalms 17:11, Proverbs 5:6

14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

תַּהְפֻּכֹות ׀ בְּלִבֹּו חֹרֵשׁ רָע בְּכָל־עֵת [מְדָנִים כ] (מִדְיָנִים ק) יְשַׁלֵּחַ׃ (3017)

15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

עַל־כֵּן פִּתְאֹם יָבֹוא אֵידֹו פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּא׃ (2181)

See also: Proverbs 29:1, Proverbs 1:26, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 64:7, Jeremiah 19:11, Ecclesiastes 9:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Psalms 73:18-20, Proverbs 1:27, Isaiah 30:13-14, Psalms 50:22, Proverbs 14:32, Ezekiel 11:13

16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

שֶׁשׁ־הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע [תֹּועֲבֹות כ] (תֹּועֲבַת ק) נַפְשֹׁו׃ (3733)

17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

עֵינַיִם רָמֹות לְשֹׁון שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכֹות דָּם־נָקִי׃ (2892)

18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

לֵב חֹרֵשׁ מַחְשְׁבֹות אָוֶן רַגְלַיִם מְמַהֲרֹות לָרוּץ לָרָעָה׃ (2958)

See also: Genesis 6:5, Proverbs 1:16, Psalms 36:4, Jeremiah 4:14, Romans 3:15, Isaiah 59:7, Zechariah 8:17, Proverbs 24:8, Micah 2:1, Proverbs 6:14, Genesis 19:4, Psalms 52:1, Proverbs 12:2, Proverbs 14:17, Ezekiel 38:10, Zechariah 7:10, Proverbs 3:29

19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

יָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר וּמְשַׁלֵּחַ מְדָנִים בֵּין אַחִים׃ (1510)

20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

נְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ וְאַל־תִּטֹּשׁ תֹּורַת אִמֶּךָ׃ (2784)

21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

קָשְׁרֵם עַל־לִבְּךָ תָמִיד עָנְדֵם עַל־גַּרְגְּרֹתֶךָ׃ (2336)

See also: Deuteronomy 6:8, Proverbs 7:3, Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 2:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, Matthew 23:5, 2 Corinthians 3:3, Exodus 13:16, Proverbs 4:6, Proverbs 4:21

22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ ׀ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּשָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ וַהֲקִיצֹותָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ׃ (4151)

See also: Philippians 4:7, Proverbs 3:24, Psalms 119:92, Deuteronomy 6:7, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 19:11, Proverbs 3:23-24, Psalms 119:24, Proverbs 2:11, Proverbs 8:20, Psalms 43:3, Psalms 119:97, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 17:4, Psalms 119:9, Psalms 119:54, Psalms 119:148, Proverbs 4:12, Daniel 11:18-21

23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתֹורָה אֹור וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תֹּוכְחֹות מוּסָר׃ (2689)

24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵשֶׁת רָע מֵחֶלְקַת לָשֹׁון נָכְרִיָּה׃ (2850)

See also: 1 Corinthians 6:18, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 7:5, Ecclesiastes 7:26, 1 Kings 11:1, Exodus 20:17, Proverbs 26:28, Proverbs 5:20, Exodus 20:14, Leviticus 15:20, Judges 11:2, Judges 16:5, Proverbs 5:4, Proverbs 7:21

25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

אַל־תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ וְאַל־תִּקָּחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּיהָ׃ (1526)

26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

כִּי בְעַד־אִשָּׁה זֹונָה עַד־כִּכַּר לָחֶם וְאֵשֶׁת אִישׁ נֶפֶשׁ יְקָרָה תָצוּד׃ (3135)

See also: Luke 15:30, Proverbs 29:3, Genesis 39:14, 1 Samuel 2:36, Luke 15:13, Judges 14:15, Judges 16:6, 2 Kings 1:14, Proverbs 2:18, Proverbs 5:10, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 9:18, Proverbs 29:8, Ezekiel 13:8, Ezekiel 13:18

27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

הֲיַחְתֶּה אִישׁ אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקֹו וּבְגָדָיו לֹא תִשָּׂרַפְנָה׃ (2263)

See also: Proverbs 5:8, Job 31:9-12, Job 31:12, Hosea 7:4-7, James 3:5

28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

אִם־יְהַלֵּךְ אִישׁ עַל־הַגֶּחָלִים וְרַגְלָיו לֹא תִכָּוֶינָה׃ (1390)

29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

כֵּן הַבָּא אֶל־אֵשֶׁת רֵעֵהוּ לֹא יִנָּקֶה כָּל־הַנֹּגֵעַ בָּהּ׃ (1472)

See also: Genesis 26:11, Ruth 2:9, 1 Corinthians 7:1, Leviticus 20:10, 2 Samuel 12:9-10, Ezekiel 22:11, Malachi 3:5, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:18-19, Genesis 26:10-11, Genesis 39:8, Leviticus 18:20, 2 Samuel 11:3-4, 2 Samuel 16:21, Job 31:11, Proverbs 16:5, Jeremiah 5:8-9, Genesis 20:4-7, Genesis 39:9

30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

לֹא־יָבוּזוּ לַגַּנָּב כִּי יִגְנֹוב לְמַלֵּא נַפְשֹׁו כִּי יִרְעָב׃ (1097)

See also: Proverbs 30:9, Exodus 22:7, Leviticus 6:5, Jeremiah 2:26

31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

וְנִמְצָא יְשַׁלֵּם שִׁבְעָתָיִם אֶת־כָּל־הֹון בֵּיתֹו יִתֵּן׃ (2779)

See also: Luke 19:8, Exodus 22:1-4, 2 Samuel 12:6, Job 20:18, Song of Solomon 8:7, Matthew 18:25, Exodus 22:4, Psalms 79:12, Proverbs 8:21, Job 20:10, Genesis 4:15

32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

נֹאֵף אִשָּׁה חֲסַר־לֵב מַשְׁחִית נַפְשֹׁו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂנָּה׃ (2378)

33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

נֶגַע־וְקָלֹון יִמְצָא וְחֶרְפָּתֹו לֹא תִמָּחֶה׃ (1640)

See also: Proverbs 5:9-11, Genesis 38:23, Genesis 49:4, Judges 16:19-21, 1 Kings 15:5, Nehemiah 13:26, Psalms 38:1-8, Psalms 51:1, Psalms 51:8, Proverbs 7:26, Matthew 1:6

34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

כִּי־קִנְאָה חֲמַת־גָּבֶר וְלֹא־יַחְמֹול בְּיֹום נָקָם׃ (1218)

See also: Proverbs 27:4, Song of Solomon 8:6, Numbers 5:14, Exodus 20:5, Isaiah 13:17, Genesis 34:31, 2 Samuel 11:5, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 39:19, Deuteronomy 29:20, Ezekiel 23:25, 1 Corinthians 10:22, Numbers 25:11, Judges 19:29-30

35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

לֹא־יִשָּׂא פְּנֵי כָל־כֹּפֶר וְלֹא־יֹאבֶה כִּי תַרְבֶּה־שֹׁחַד׃ (1836)

See also: Song of Solomon 8:7, Proverbs 5:10, Genesis 32:20, Leviticus 15:20, 1 Kings 20:39, 2 Kings 5:1, Proverbs 4:3, Proverbs 7:13, Proverbs 8:25, Proverbs 13:8, Isaiah 2:9, Malachi 2:9