Proverbs 6 | ASV Bible Study

Proverbs 6:1 (ASV)
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Proverbs 6:2 (ASV)
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 6:3 (ASV)
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

Proverbs 6:4 (ASV)
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

Proverbs 6:5 (ASV)
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand `of the hunter', And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 6:6 (ASV)
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 6:7 (ASV)
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 6:8 (ASV)
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

Proverbs 6:9 (ASV)
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 6:10 (ASV)
`Yet' a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 6:11 (ASV)
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:12 (ASV)
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

Proverbs 6:13 (ASV)
That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

Proverbs 6:14 (ASV)
In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

Proverbs 6:15 (ASV)
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

Proverbs 6:16 (ASV)
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 6:17 (ASV)
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

Proverbs 6:18 (ASV)
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 6:19 (ASV)
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:20 (ASV)
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:21 (ASV)
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

Proverbs 6:22 (ASV)
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Proverbs 6:23 (ASV)
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 6:24 (ASV)
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

Proverbs 6:25 (ASV)
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 6:26 (ASV)
For on account of a harlot `a man is brought' to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:27 (ASV)
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 6:28 (ASV)
Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

Proverbs 6:29 (ASV)
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 6:30 (ASV)
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

Proverbs 6:31 (ASV)
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

Proverbs 6:32 (ASV)
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Proverbs 6:33 (ASV)
Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Proverbs 6:34 (ASV)
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 6:35 (ASV)
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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