TSK · Proverbs 6:1-35

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?

¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

If he hath wronged thee, or oweth [thee] ought, put that on mine account;

¶ The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and [to] the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

Lo, [then] would I wander far off, [and] remain in the wilderness. Selah.

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

‹Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:›

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

¶ He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

¶ The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

¶ A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

¶ The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

¶ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

‹Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?›

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

¶ He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?

¶ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¶ [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

¶ And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

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

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords [are] in their lips: for who, [say they], doth hear?

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.

For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

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

The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

One basket [had] very good figs, [even] like the figs [that are] first ripe: and the other basket [had] very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.›

And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,

¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way [that is] not good; he abhorreth not evil.

Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

¶ Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

¶ The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

The instruments also of the churl [are] evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, these [are] the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:

¶ Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as [one] breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury [them] in Tophet, till [there be] no place to bury.

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these [are] abomination unto the LORD thy God.

For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

¶ They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

¶ The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

¶ Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.

¶ An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.

For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four [which] it cannot bear:

¶ There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are comely in going:

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

¶ But as for me, I will come [into] thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: [and] in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, [and] from a deceitful tongue.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

¶ A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

¶ The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.

‹Ye are of› [your] ‹father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.›

For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

¶ The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts [are] thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction [are] in their paths.

Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:

¶ Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And [then] carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

¶ False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge [things] that I knew not.

¶ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

¶ Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

[There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.

And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set [themselves] against me round about.

O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

¶ Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¶ Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.

Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

¶ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.

Let the righteous smite me; [it shall be] a kindness: and let him reprove me; [it shall be] an excellent oil, [which] shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also [shall be] in their calamities.

He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

¶ The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, [it is] because [there is] no light in them.

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.

‹Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.›

For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard [of it]; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›

¶ And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

And it shall come to pass, [that] every one that is left in thine house shall come [and] crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.

And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the [women] that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive [that come] unto you?

‹But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.›

For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She [is] my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife [to be] thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

¶ Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, [and] give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.

The owner of the pit shall make [it] good, [and] give money unto the owner of them; and the dead [beast] shall be his.

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

‹But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.›

[There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou [it]: he went up to my couch.

Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

¶ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; [that] the bones [which] thou hast broken may rejoice.

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;

And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, [together] with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.

Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?

Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.