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class="po2">Go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter],</div><div class="po2">And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Go to the ant, thou sluggard;</div><div class="po2">Consider her ways, and be wise;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Which having no chief,</div><div class="po2">Overseer, or ruler,</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Provideth her bread in the summer,</div><div class="po2">And gatherest her food in the harvest.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?</div><div class="po2">When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>‘Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,</div><div class="po2">A little folding of the hands to sleep’—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So shall thy poverty come as a runner,</div><div class="po2">And thy want as an armed man.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A base person, a man of iniquity,</div><div class="po2">Is he that walketh with a froward mouth;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet,</div><div class="po2">That pointeth with his fingers;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually;</div><div class="po2">He soweth discord.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;</div><div class="po2">On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>There are six things which the LORD hateth,</div><div class="po2">Yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,</div><div class="po2">And hands that shed innocent blood;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts,</div><div class="po2">Feet that are swift in running to evil;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A false witness that breatheth out lies,</div><div class="po2">And he that soweth discord among brethren.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My son, keep the commandment of thy father,</div><div class="po2">And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Bind them continually upon thy heart,</div><div class="po2">Tie them about thy neck.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>When thou walkest, it shall lead thee,</div><div class="po2">When thou liest down, it shall watch over thee;</div><div class="po2">And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light,</div><div class="po2">And reproofs of instruction are the way of life;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>To keep thee from the evil woman,</div><div class="po2">From the smoothness of the alien tongue.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;</div><div class="po2">Neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread,</div><div class="po2">But the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Can a man take fire in his bosom,</div><div class="po2">And his clothes not be burned?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Or can one walk upon hot coals,</div><div class="po2">And his feet not be scorched?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;</div><div class="po2">Whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Men do not despise a thief, if he steal</div><div class="po2">To satisfy his soul when he is hungry;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold,</div><div class="po2">He must give all the substance of his house.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding;</div><div class="po2">He doeth it that would destroy his own soul.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Wounds and dishonour shall he get,</div><div class="po2">And his reproach shall not be wiped away.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For jealousy is the rage of a man,</div><div class="po2">And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>He will not regard any ransom;</div><div class="po2">Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../proverbs/5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' 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