Proverbs 6

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1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,19 cross-references: Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 20:16, Philemon 1:18–19
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.9 cross-references: Proverbs 18:7, Proverbs 12:13
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.8 cross-references: James 4:10, Psalms 31:8, 2 Chronicles 36:12, 2 Samuel 24:14, Exodus 10:3
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.19 cross-references: Psalms 132:4, Proverbs 6:10–11, Mark 13:35–36, Matthew 24:17–18, Ecclesiastes 9:10
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.12 cross-references: Psalms 91:3, Psalms 124:7, Proverbs 1:17, Psalms 11:1
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:37 cross-references: Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 18:9, Proverbs 6:9, Hebrews 6:12, Proverbs 13:4
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,5 cross-references: Job 38:39 – Job 39:12, Proverbs 30:27, Job 41:4–34, Job 39:26–30
8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.4 cross-references: Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 30:25, 1 Timothy 6:19
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?19 cross-references: Proverbs 24:33–34, Jeremiah 4:14, Ephesians 5:14, Psalms 94:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:6 cross-references: Proverbs 24:33–34, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 23:33–34
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.7 cross-references: Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 24:34
12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.31 cross-references: Matthew 12:34, Proverbs 16:27, Proverbs 4:24, 1 Timothy 5:13, Acts 20:30
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;9 cross-references: Psalms 35:19, Job 15:12, Proverbs 10:10, Proverbs 5:6
14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.30 cross-references: Micah 2:1, Romans 16:17, Hosea 8:7, Proverbs 6:18–19, Proverbs 26:17–22
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.15 cross-references: Jeremiah 19:11, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, Isaiah 30:13–14, Proverbs 1:27
16These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:49 cross-references: Psalms 11:5, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 3:32, Deuteronomy 25:16
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,43 cross-references: Psalms 120:2–3, Proverbs 12:22, Isaiah 1:15, Psalms 101:5, Psalms 5:6
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,21 cross-references: Genesis 6:5, Proverbs 1:16, Jeremiah 4:14, Romans 3:15, Isaiah 59:7
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.35 cross-references: Proverbs 6:14, Proverbs 19:5, Proverbs 19:9, James 3:18, Psalms 27:12
20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:25 cross-references: Ephesians 6:1, Deuteronomy 27:16, Proverbs 7:1–4, Proverbs 23:22, Proverbs 1:8–9
21Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.13 cross-references: Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 7:3–4, Deuteronomy 6:8, Exodus 13:16, Proverbs 4:6
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.20 cross-references: Proverbs 2:11, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 3:23–24, Psalms 119:148, Psalms 119:9
23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:39 cross-references: Psalms 119:105, Psalms 19:8, 2 Peter 1:19, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 4:13
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.19 cross-references: Proverbs 2:16, Proverbs 5:3, Proverbs 7:5, Ecclesiastes 7:26
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.22 cross-references: Matthew 5:28, James 1:14–15, 2 Kings 9:30, 2 Samuel 11:2–5, Isaiah 3:16
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.17 cross-references: Luke 15:30, Proverbs 29:3, 1 Samuel 2:36, Proverbs 7:23, Luke 15:13–15
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?5 cross-references: Job 31:9–12, Hosea 7:4–7, James 3:5
28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.21 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 7:1, Malachi 3:5, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 11:3–4, 2 Samuel 12:9–10
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;5 cross-references: Job 38:39
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.14 cross-references: Luke 19:8, Job 20:18, Exodus 22:1–4, 2 Samuel 12:6, Matthew 18:25
32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.34 cross-references: Proverbs 7:7, Hebrews 13:4, Proverbs 7:22–23, Romans 1:22–24, Genesis 39:9–10
33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.11 cross-references: Proverbs 5:9–11, Psalms 38:1–8, Judges 16:19–21, Psalms 51:8, 1 Kings 15:5
34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.17 cross-references: Song of Solomon 8:6, Proverbs 27:4, Numbers 5:14, Numbers 25:11, 1 Corinthians 10:22
35He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.12 cross-references: Isaiah 2:9, Proverbs 4:3, Proverbs 7:13, Proverbs 8:25, 2 Kings 5:1

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