61My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;+2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.+3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;+4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;+5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.+6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:+7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,+8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.+9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?+10[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:+11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.+12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;+13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;+14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.+15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.+16There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:+17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;+18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,+19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.+
Warnings against Adultery
20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:+21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.+22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.+23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:+24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.+25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.+26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.+27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?+28Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched? 29So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.+30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:+31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.+32He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.+33Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.+34For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.+35He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.+
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