1My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:
2yea thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speach.
3Therefore my son, do this: discharge thyself, for thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy way then soon, and entreat thy neighbour:
4let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber.
5Save thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the Emmet (thou sluggard) consider her ways, and learn to be wise.
7She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader:
8yet in the Summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yea sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep:
11so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
12A dissembling person, a wicked man goeth with a froward mouth,
13he winketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers,
14he is ever imagining mischief and frowardness in his heart, and causeth discord.
15Therefore shall his destruction come hastily upon him, suddenly shall he be all broken, and not healed.
16There be six things which the LORD hateth, and the seventh he utterly abhoreth:
17A proud look, a dissembling tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18an heart that goeth about with wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in renning to do mischief,
19a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.
20My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.
21Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.
22That they may lead thee where thou goest, preserve thee when thou art asleep, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talk of them.
23For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea chastening and nurture is the way of life:
24that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:
25that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.
26An Harlot will make a man to beg his bread, but a married woman will hunt for the precious life.
27May a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be brent?
28Or can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be hurt?
29Even so, whosoever goeth in to his neighbour's wife, and toucheth her, can not be unguilty.
30Men do not utterly despise a thief, that stealeth to satisfy his soul, when he is hungry:
31But if he may be gotten, he restoreth again seven times as much, or else he maketh recompense with all the goods of his house.
32But whoso committeth advoutry with a woman, he is a fool, and bringeth his life to destruction.
33He getteth himself also shame and dishonour, such as shall never be put out.
34For the jealousy and wrath of the man will not be intreated,
35no though thou wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.