Proverbs 6 : 1 (NLT)
My child, if you have put up security for a friend's debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger--
Proverbs 6 : 2 (NLT)
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said--
Proverbs 6 : 3 (NLT)
follow my advice and save yourself, for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased.
Proverbs 6 : 4 (NLT)
Don't put it off; do it now! Don't rest until you do.
Proverbs 6 : 5 (NLT)
Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.
Proverbs 6 : 6 (NLT)
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!
Proverbs 6 : 7 (NLT)
Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,
Proverbs 6 : 8 (NLT)
they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.
Proverbs 6 : 9 (NLT)
But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?
Proverbs 6 : 10 (NLT)
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--
Proverbs 6 : 11 (NLT)
then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
Proverbs 6 : 12 (NLT)
What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars,
Proverbs 6 : 13 (NLT)
signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
Proverbs 6 : 14 (NLT)
Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.
Proverbs 6 : 15 (NLT)
But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
Proverbs 6 : 16 (NLT)
There are six things the LORD hates-- no, seven things he detests:
Proverbs 6 : 17 (NLT)
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent,
Proverbs 6 : 18 (NLT)
a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong,
Proverbs 6 : 19 (NLT)
a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family.
Proverbs 6 : 20 (NLT)
My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's instruction.
Proverbs 6 : 21 (NLT)
Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.
Proverbs 6 : 22 (NLT)
When you walk, their counsel will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up, they will advise you.
Proverbs 6 : 23 (NLT)
For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life.
Proverbs 6 : 24 (NLT)
It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
Proverbs 6 : 25 (NLT)
Don't lust for her beauty. Don't let her coy glances seduce you.
Proverbs 6 : 26 (NLT)
For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man's wife will cost you your life.
Proverbs 6 : 27 (NLT)
Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire?
Proverbs 6 : 28 (NLT)
Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?
Proverbs 6 : 29 (NLT)
So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 6 : 30 (NLT)
Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.
Proverbs 6 : 31 (NLT)
But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house.
Proverbs 6 : 32 (NLT)
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.
Proverbs 6 : 33 (NLT)
He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased.
Proverbs 6 : 34 (NLT)
For the woman's jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
Proverbs 6 : 35 (NLT)
He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.
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