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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 6 Lamsa Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Lamsa</a> > Proverbs 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/5.htm" title="Proverbs 5">◄</a> Proverbs 6 <a href="../proverbs/7.htm" title="Proverbs 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Lamsa Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>MY son, if you have become surety for your friend, if you have obligated yourself to a stranger,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>Then you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are caught with the words of your lips.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself because, for the sake of your friend, you have fallen into the hands of your enemies; go, therefore, and stir up your friend for whom you have become surety to meet his obligation.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the snare, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>Be like the ant, consider her ways, and be wise;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>Though having no harvest and no ruler over her, neither any one to guide her,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>She provides her bread in the summer and gathers her food in the harvest.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands on the chest;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And then poverty shall come upon you, and distress shall overtake you; become a successful man.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>A fool, a wicked man, is unscrupulous.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>He winks with his eyes, he signals with his feet, he makes signs with his fingers;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>He is perverse in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-15.htm#aramaic"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; suddenly will he be broken without remedy.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-16.htm#aramaic"><b>16</b></a></span>There are six things which the LORD hates; yea, the seventh is an abomination to him:<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-17.htm#aramaic"><b>17</b></a></span>Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-18.htm#aramaic"><b>18</b></a></span>A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-19.htm#aramaic"><b>19</b></a></span>A false witness who speaks lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-20.htm#aramaic"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, keep your father's commandment and do not forsake the law of your mother;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-21.htm#aramaic"><b>21</b></a></span>Impress them firmly on your heart and tie them about your neck.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-22.htm#aramaic"><b>22</b></a></span>When you walk, let them follow you; let them be with you, keep them that they may keep you; and when you awake, meditate on them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-23.htm#aramaic"><b>23</b></a></span>For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is a light, and the reproofs of instruction are the way of life,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-24.htm#aramaic"><b>24</b></a></span>To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-25.htm#aramaic"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her snare you with her eyes, nor let her captivate you with her eyelids.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-26.htm#aramaic"><b>26</b></a></span>For the appearance of a harlot is tempting like a loaf of bread; and the adulteress hunts for the precious life.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-27.htm#aramaic"><b>27</b></a></span>Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-28.htm#aramaic"><b>28</b></a></span>Can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-29.htm#aramaic"><b>29</b></a></span>So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife and touches her; he shall not be innocent.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-30.htm#aramaic"><b>30</b></a></span>No one wonders at a thief when he is caught stealing, for he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-31.htm#aramaic"><b>31</b></a></span>But if he is caught, he shall pay sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-32.htm#aramaic"><b>32</b></a></span>But he who commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding, and he destroys his own soul.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-33.htm#aramaic"><b>33</b></a></span>And he who does it brings dishonor upon himself; and his reproach shall not be wiped out.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-34.htm#aramaic"><b>34</b></a></span>For jealousy provokes a man's rage; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/6-35.htm#aramaic"><b>35</b></a></span>He will not regard any ransom; nor will he listen, though you increase the bribe.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Holy Bible From The Ancient Eastern Texts: Aramaic Of The Peshitta by George M. 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