Proverbs 6 | English Standard Version

English Standard Version

Practical Warnings

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, (Job 17:3) 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, (Pr 5:22) 3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten,^[1] and plead urgently with your neighbor. (Lu 11:8; Lu 18:5) 4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; (Ps 132:4; Pr 20:13) 5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,^[2] like a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Ps 91:3) 6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. (Job 12:7; Pr 10:26; Pr 23:19; Pr 27:11; Pr 30:25)

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7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, (Ex 5:6; Ex 5:15; Pr 30:27) 8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. (Pr 10:5) 9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? (Pr 6:6; Jon 1:6) 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, (Pr 24:33; Ec 4:5) 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. (Pr 24:34) 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, (Pr 4:24; Pr 16:27) 13 winks with his eyes, signals^[3] with his feet, points with his finger, (Ps 35:19; Pr 10:10) 14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; (Pr 2:12; Pr 3:29; Pr 16:28; Mic 2:1)

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15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. (2Ch 36:16; Pr 29:1; Isa 30:13; Jer 19:11)

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16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: (Job 5:19) 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, (De 19:10; Ps 31:18; Ps 101:5; Ps 120:2; Pr 8:13; Pr 12:22; Pr 16:5; Pr 17:7; Pr 21:4; Isa 1:15; Isa 59:3; Isa 59:7)

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18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, (Ge 6:5; Pr 1:16) 19 a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. (Ps 27:12; Pr 6:14; Pr 12:17; Pr 14:5; Pr 14:25; Pr 19:5; Pr 19:9)

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Warnings Against Adultery

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching. (Pr 1:8) 21 Bind them on your heart always; tie them around your neck. (Job 31:36; Pr 3:3) 22 When you walk, they^[4] will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you. (Pr 2:11; Pr 3:23) 23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life, (Ps 13:3; Ps 119:105; Pr 10:17) 24 to preserve you from the evil woman,^[5] from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.^[6] (Pr 2:16) 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; (2Ki 9:30; Mt 5:28) 26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,^[7] but a married woman^[8] hunts down a precious life. (1Sa 2:36; Pr 28:21; Pr 29:3; Eze 13:18)

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27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? (Job 31:12; Ps 79:12) 28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? (Isa 43:2) 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished. (Pr 16:5) 30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry, (Job 38:39) 31 but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house. (Ex 22:4; Ps 79:12) 32 He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself. 33 He will get wounds and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge. (Le 20:10; Pr 27:4; So 8:6) 35 He will accept no compensation; he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

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تحذير من الحماقة

1 يَا ابْنِي إِنْ ضَمِنْتَ أَحَداً، وَإِنْ أَخَذْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ عَهْداً لِلْغَرِيبِ؛ 2 إِنْ وَقَعْتَ فِي فَخِّ أَقْوَالِ فَمِكَ، وَعَلِقْتَ بِكَلامِ شَفَتَيْكَ، 3 فَافْعَلْ هَذَا يَا ابْنِي وَنَجِّ نَفْسَكَ، لأَنَّكَ أَصْبَحْتَ تَحْتَ رَحْمَةِ صَاحِبِكَ: اذْهَبْ تَذَلَّلْ إِلَيْهِ 4 وَأَلِحَّ عَلَيْهِ. لَا يَغْلِبْ عَلَيْكَ النَّوْمُ، وَلا عَلَى أَجْفَانِكَ النُّعَاسُ، 5 نَجِّ نَفْسَكَ كَالظَّبْيِ مِنْ يَدِ الصَّيَّادِ أَوْ كَالْعُصْفُورِ مِنْ قَبْضَةِ الْقَنَّاصِ. 6 اذْهَبْ إِلَى النَّمْلَةِ أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ، تَمَعَّنْ فِي طُرُقِهَا وَكُنْ حَكِيماً، 7 فَمَعَ أَنَّهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ قَائِدٍ أَوْ مُدَبِّرٍ أَوْ حَاكِمٍ، 8 إِلّا أَنَّهَا تَخْزِنُ طَعَامَهَا فِي الصَّيْفِ، وَتَجْمَعُ مَؤُونَتَهَا فِي مَوْسِمِ الْحَصَادِ. 9 فَإِلَى مَتَى تَظَلُّ رَاقِداً أَيُّهَا الْكَسُولُ؟ مَتَى تَهُبُّ مِنْ نَوْمِكَ؟ 10 فَإِنَّ بَعْضَ النَّوْمِ، ثُمَّ بَعْضَ الرُّقَادِ، وَطَيَّ الْيَدَيْنِ لِلْهُجُوعِ، 11 تَجْعَلُ الْفَقْرَ يُقْبِلُ عَلَيْكَ كَقَاطِعِ طَرِيقٍ، وَالْعَوَزَ كَغَازٍ مُسَلَّحٍ. 12 الرَّجُلُ الْمُغْتَابُ، الرَّجُلُ الأَثِيمُ هُوَ مَنْ يَسْعَى بِنَمِيمَةِ الْفَمِ الْكَاذِبَةِ، 13 وَيَغْمِزُ بِعَيْنَيْهِ، وَيُشِيرُ بِرِجْلَيْهِ، وَيَكْشِفُ عَنْ نَوَايَاهُ بِحَرَكَاتِ أَصَابِعِهِ. 14 يَخْتَرِعُ الشَّرَّ بِقَلْبٍ مُخَادِعٍ، وَيُثِيرُ الْخُصُومَاتِ دَائِماً. 15 لِذَلِكَ تَغْشَاهُ الْبَلايَا فَجْأَةً، وَفِي لَحْظَةٍ يَتَحَطَّمُ وَيَسْتَعْصِي شِفَاؤُهُ. 16 سِتَّةُ أُمُورٍ يَمْقُتُهَا الرَّبُّ، وَسَبْعَةٌ مَكْرُوهَةٌ لَدَيْهِ: 17 عَيْنَانِ مُتَعَجْرِفَتَانِ، وَلِسَانٌ كَاذِبٌ، وَيَدَانِ تَسْفِكَانِ دَماً بَرِيئاً. 18 وَقَلْبٌ يَتَآمَرُ بِالشَّرِّ، وَقَدَمَانِ تُسْرِعَانِ بِصَاحِبِهِمَا لارْتِكَابِ الإِثْمِ، 19 وَشَاهِدُ زُورٍ يَنْفُثُ كَذِباً، وَرَجُلٌ يَزْرَعُ خُصُومَاتٍ بَيْنَ الإِخْوَةِ.

تحذير من الزنى

20 يَا ابْنِي احْفَظْ وَصَايَا أَبِيكَ وَلا تَتَجَاهَلْ شَرِيعَةَ أُمِّكَ. 21 اعْقِدْهَا دَائِماً عَلَى قَلْبِكَ، وَتَقَلَّدْ بِها فِي عُنُقِكَ، 22 فَتَهْدِيَكَ كُلَّمَا مَشَيْتَ، وَتَرْعَاكَ كُلَّمَا نِمْتَ، وَتُنَاجِيَكَ عِنْدَمَا تَسْتَيْقِظُ. 23 فَالْوَصِيَّةُ مِصْبَاحٌ وَالشَّرِيعَةُ نُورٌ، وَالتَّوْبِيخُ فِي سَبِيلِ التَّأْدِيبِ هُوَ طَرِيقُ حَيَاةٍ، 24 لِكَيْ تَقِيَكَ مِنَ الْمَرْأَةِ الشِّرِّيرَةِ وَمِنْ لِسَانِ الْعَاهِرَةِ الْمَعْسُولِ. 25 لَا تَشْتَهِ جَمَالَهَا فِي قَلْبِكَ وَلا تَأْسِرْ لُبَّكَ بِعُيُونِهَا. 26 لأَنَّهُ بِسَبَبِ الْمَرْأَةِ الْعَاهِرَةِ يَفْتَقِرُ الإِنْسَانُ إِلَى رَغِيفِ خُبْزٍ، وَالزَّانِيَةُ الْمُتَزَوِّجَةُ تَقْتَنِصُ بِأَشْرَاكِهَا النَّفْسَ الْكَرِيمَةَ. 27 أَيُمْكِنُ لِلْمَرْءِ أَنْ يَضَعَ نَاراً فِي حِضْنِهِ وَلا تَحْتَرِقَ ثِيَابُهُ؟ 28 أَوْ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ عَلَى جَمْرٍ وَلا تَكْتَوِيَ قَدَمَاهُ؟ 29 هَذَا مَا يُصِيبُ كُلَّ مَنْ يَزْنِي بِامْرَأَةِ غَيْرِهِ؛ حَتْماً يَحُلُّ بِهِ الْعِقَابُ. 30 وَمَعَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ لَا تَحْتَقِرُ لِصّاً إِذَا سَرَقَ لِيُشْبِعَ بَطْنَهُ وَهُوَ جَائِعٌ، 31 لَكِنْ إِذَا قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ مُتَلَبِّساً بِالْجَرِيمَةِ يُعَوِّضُ سَبْعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ، حَتَّى وَلَوْ كَلَّفَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّ مَا يَقْتَنِيهِ. 32 أَمَّا الزَّانِي فَيَفْتَقِرُ إِلَى الإِدْرَاكِ السَّلِيمِ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الزِّنَى يُدَمِّرُ نَفْسَهُ، 33 إِذْ يَتَعَرَّضُ لِلضَّرْبِ وَالْهَوَانِ، وَعَارُهُ لَا يُمْحَى أَبَداً. 34 لأَنَّ الْغَيْرَةَ تُفَجِّرُ غَضَبَ الرَّجُلِ فَلا يَرْحَمُ عِنْدَمَا يُقْدِمُ عَلَى الانْتِقَامِ. 35 لَا يَقْبَلُ الْفِدْيَةَ، وَيَأْبَى الاسْتِرْضَاءَ مَهْمَا أَكْثَرْتَ الرِّشْوَةَ.