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<p class="indent2"> observe its ways and become wise. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Without a commander, <p class="indent2"> without an overseer or ruler, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>it prepares its provisions in summer; <p class="indent2"> it gathers its food at harvest. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How long will you lie there, O slacker? <p class="indent2"> When will you get up from your sleep? <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A little sleep, a little slumber, <p class="indent2"> a little folding of the hands to rest, <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and poverty will come upon you like a robber, <p class="indent2"> and need like a bandit. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A worthless person, a wicked man, <p class="indent2"> walks with a perverse mouth, <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, <p class="indent2"> and pointing with his fingers. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With deceit in his heart he devises evil; <p class="indent2"> he continually sows discord. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; <p class="indent2"> in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: <A name="18"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>haughty eyes, <p class="list1"> a lying tongue, <p class="list1"> hands that shed innocent blood, <A name="19"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>a heart that devises wicked schemes, <p class="list1"> feet that run swiftly to evil, <A name="20"></a><p class="list1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>a false witness who gives false testimony, <p class="list1"> and one who stirs up discord among brothers. <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Warnings against Adultery<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, keep your father’s commandment, <p class="indent2"> and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Bind them always upon your heart; <p class="indent2"> tie them around your neck. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When you walk, they will guide you; <p class="indent2"> when you lie down, they will watch over you; <p class="indent2"> when you awake, they will speak to you. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, <p class="indent2"> and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>to keep you from the evil woman, <p class="indent2"> from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not lust in your heart for her beauty <p class="indent2"> or let her captivate you with her eyes.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <A name="27"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For the levy of the prostitute is poverty,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and the adulteress preys upon your very life. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Can a man embrace fire <p class="indent2"> and his clothes not be burned? <A name="29"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Can a man walk on hot coals <p class="indent2"> without scorching his feet? <A name="30"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; <p class="indent2"> no one who touches her will go unpunished. <A name="31"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Men do not despise the thief <p class="indent2"> if he steals to satisfy his hunger. <A name="32"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; <p class="indent2"> he must give up all the wealth of his house. <A name="33"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He who commits adultery lacks judgment; <p class="indent2"> whoever does so destroys himself. <A name="34"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Wounds and dishonor will befall him, <p class="indent2"> and his reproach will never be wiped away. <A name="35"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For jealousy enrages a husband, <p class="indent2"> and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He will not be appeased by any ransom, <p class="indent2"> or persuaded by lavish gifts.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>hasten</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Hebrew does not include <i>of the hunter</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the stranger</i><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>eyelids</i> or <i>eyelashes</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Literally <i>a crust of bread</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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