1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,2you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands: go – to the point of exhaustion –* and give your neighbour no rest!4Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest –11and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.12A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,13who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,14who plots evil with deceit in his heart – he always stirs up conflict.15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed – without remedy.16There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,19a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
Warning against adultery
20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.21Bind them always on your heart; fasten them round your neck.22When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.23For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,24keeping you from your neighbour’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.26For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?28Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no-one who touches her will go unpunished.30People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.33Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.35He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
New International Reader’s Version
Warnings against foolish acts
1My son, don’t promise to pay for what your neighbour owes. Don’t agree to pay a stranger’s bill.2Don’t be trapped by what you have said. Don’t be caught by the words of your mouth.3Instead, my son, do something to free yourself. Don’t fall into your neighbour’s hands. Go until you can’t go anymore. Don’t let your neighbour rest.4Don’t let your eyes go to sleep. Don’t let your eyelids close.5As a deer frees itself from a hunter, free yourself. As a bird frees itself from a trapper, free yourself.6You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!7It has no commander. It has no leader or ruler.8But it stores up its food in summer. It gathers its food at harvest time.9You lazy people, how long will you lie there? When will you get up from your sleep?10You might sleep a little or take a little nap. You might even fold your hands and rest.11Then you would be poor, as if someone had robbed you. You would have little, as if someone had stolen from you.12An evil troublemaker goes around saying twisted things with his mouth.13He winks with his eyes. He makes signals with his feet. He motions with his fingers.14His plans are evil, and he has lies in his heart. He is always stirring up fights.15Trouble will catch up with him in an instant. He will suddenly be destroyed, and nothing can save him.16There are six things the LORD hates. In fact, he hates seven things.17The LORD hates proud eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that kill those who aren’t guilty.18He also hates hearts that make evil plans and feet that are quick to do evil.19He hates any witness who pours out lies and anyone who stirs up conflict in the community.
A warning against committing adultery
20My son, keep your father’s command. Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.21Always tie them on your heart. Put them around your neck.22When you walk, they will guide you. When you sleep, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will speak to you.23Your father’s command is like a lamp. Your mother’s teaching is like a light. And whatever instructs and corrects you leads to life.24It keeps you from your neighbour’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.25Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don’t let her eyes capture you.26A prostitute can be bought for only a loaf of bread. But another man’s wife hunts your very life.27You can’t shovel fire into your lap without burning your clothes.28You can’t walk on hot coals without burning your feet.29It’s the same for anyone who has sex with another man’s wife. Anyone who touches her will be punished.30People don’t hate a thief who steals to fill his empty stomach.31But when he is caught, he must pay seven times as much as he stole. It may even cost him everything he has.32A man who commits adultery has no sense. Anyone who does it destroys himself.33He will be beaten up and dishonoured. His shame will never be wiped away.34Jealousy stirs up a husband’s anger. He will show no mercy when he gets even.35He won’t accept any payment. He won’t take any money, no matter how much he is offered.
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