Proverbs 6 — NIV

Proverbs 6:1“Warnings Against Folly 1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,”

Proverbs 6:2“2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.”

Proverbs 6:3“3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a] and give your neighbor no rest!”

Proverbs 6:4“4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.”

Proverbs 6:5“5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.”

Proverbs 6:6“6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!”

Proverbs 6:7“7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,”

Proverbs 6:8“8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.”

Proverbs 6:9“9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?”

Proverbs 6:10“10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—”

Proverbs 6:11“11 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.”

Proverbs 6:12“12 A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,”

Proverbs 6:13“13 who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,”

Proverbs 6:14“14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.”

Proverbs 6:15“15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.”

Proverbs 6:16“16 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:”

Proverbs 6:17“17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,”

Proverbs 6:18“18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,”

Proverbs 6:19“19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”

Proverbs 6:20“Warning Against Adultery 20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.”

Proverbs 6:21“21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.”

Proverbs 6:22“22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.”

Proverbs 6:23“23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,”

Proverbs 6:24“24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.”

Proverbs 6:25“25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.”

Proverbs 6:26“26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.”

Proverbs 6:27“27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?”

Proverbs 6:28“28 Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?”

Proverbs 6:29“29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.”

Proverbs 6:30“30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.”

Proverbs 6:31“31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.”

Proverbs 6:32“32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.”

Proverbs 6:33“33 Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.”

Proverbs 6:34“34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.”

Proverbs 6:35“35 He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.”