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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 Legacy Standard 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="../">LSB</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">&#9668;</a> Proverbs 6 <a href="../proverbs/7.htm" title="Proverbs 7">&#9658;</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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/6.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Practical Warnings</p><p><CC><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, <p class="indent2">Have struck your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>hands <i>in pledge</i> for a stranger, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><i>If</i> you have been snared with the words of your mouth, <p class="indent2">Have been caught with the words of your mouth, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; <p class="indent2">Since you have come into the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>hand of your neighbor, <p class="indent2">Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Give no sleep to your eyes, <p class="indent2">Nor slumber to your eyelids; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Deliver yourself like a gazelle from <i>the hunter&#8217;s</i> hand <p class="indent2">And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Go to the ant, O sluggard, <p class="indent2">Observe her ways and be wise, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Which, having no chief, <p class="indent2">Officer or ruler, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Prepares her food in the summer <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> gathers her provision in the harvest. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How long will you lie down, O sluggard? <p class="indent2">When will you arise from your sleep? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>&#8220;A little sleep, a little slumber, <p class="indent2">A little folding of the hands to <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>rest&#8221;&#8212; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Your poverty will come in like <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>a vagabond <p class="indent2">And your want like <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>an armed man. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A vile person, a wicked man, <p class="indent2">Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Who winks with his eyes, who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>signals with his feet, <p class="indent2">Who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>points with his fingers; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Who <i>with</i> perversity in his heart continually devises evil, <p class="indent2">Who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>spreads contentions. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; <p class="indent2">Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There are six things which Yahweh hates, <p class="indent2">Even seven which are an abomination <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>to Him: <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, <p class="indent2">And hands that shed innocent blood, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A heart that devises wicked thoughts, <p class="indent2">Feet that hasten to run to evil, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A false witness <i>who</i> breathes out lies, <p class="indent2">And one who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>spreads strife among brothers. <p class="hdg">Warning Against Adultery</p><p><p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, observe the commandment of your father <p class="indent2">And do not abandon the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>law of your mother; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Bind them continually on your heart; <p class="indent2">Tie them around your neck. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When you walk about, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>they will lead you; <p class="indent2">When you sleep, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>they will keep watch over you; <p class="indent2">And when you awake, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>they will speak to you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the commandment is a lamp and the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>law is light; <p class="indent2">And reproofs for discipline are the way of life <p class="indent1"><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 foreign woman. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Do not desire her beauty in your heart, <p class="indent2">Nor let her capture you with her eyelids. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For on account of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>a harlot <i>one is reduced</i> to a loaf of bread, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>an adulteress hunts for the precious <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>life. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Can a man <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>take fire in his bosom <p class="indent2">And his clothes not be burned? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Or can a man walk on hot coals <p class="indent2">And his feet not be scorched? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So is the one who goes in to his neighbor&#8217;s wife; <p class="indent2">Whoever touches her will not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>go unpunished. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span><i>Men</i> do not despise a thief if he steals <p class="indent2">To fill <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>himself when he is hungry; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; <p class="indent2">He must give all the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>substance of his house. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking a heart <i>of wisdom</i>; <p class="indent2">He who would destroy his soul does it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Wounds and disgrace he will find, <p class="indent2">And his reproach will not be blotted out. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For jealousy <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>enrages a man, <p class="indent2">And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He will not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>accept any ransom, <p class="indent2">He will not be willing though you give many bribes.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>palms</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>palm</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>lie down</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>one who walks</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>a man with a shield</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>scrapes</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>instructs</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>sends out</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>of His soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>sends out</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Or <i>instruction</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>she</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>she</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>she</i><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> Or <i>instruction</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i>a woman who is a harlot</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Or <i>a woman of another man</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>snatch up</i><br><span class="fnverse">29</span> Lit <i>be innocent</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Or <i>Do not men...?</i>; lit <i>They do not</i><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> Lit <i>his soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">31</span> Or <i>wealth</i><br><span class="fnverse">34</span> Lit <i>is the rage of</i><br><span class="fnverse">35</span> Lit <i>lift up the face of</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright &copy;2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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