My son, if you have become asurety for your neighbor, Have 1given a pledge for a stranger,
2If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the 1hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
4Give no asleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a abird from the hand of the fowler.
6Go to the aant, O bsluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
7Which, having ano chief, Officer or ruler,
8Prepares her food ain the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest.
9How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
10" aA little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to 1rest"--
11aYour poverty will come in like a 1vagabond And your need like 2an armed man.
12A aworthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a bperverse mouth,
13Who awinks with his eyes, who 1signals with his feet, Who 2points with his fingers;
14Who with aperversity in his heart continually bdevises evil, Who 1 cspreads strife.
15Therefore ahis calamity will come suddenly; bInstantly he will be broken and there will be cno healing.
16There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination 1to Him:
17aHaughty eyes, a blying tongue, And hands that cshed innocent blood,
18A heart that devises awicked plans, bFeet that run rapidly to evil,
19A afalse witness who utters lies, And one who 1 bspreads strife among brothers.
20aMy son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the 1teaching of your mother;
21aBind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
22When you awalk about, 1they will guide you; When you sleep, 1they will watch over you; And when you awake, 1they will talk to you.
23For athe commandment is a lamp and the 1teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24To akeep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the 1adulteress.
25aDo not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her beyelids.
26For aon account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And 1an adulteress bhunts for the precious life.
27Can a man 1take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
28Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
29So is the one who agoes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her bwill not 1go unpunished.
301Men do not despise a thief if he steals To asatisfy 2himself when he is hungry;
31But when he is found, he must arepay sevenfold; He must give all the 1substance of his house.
32The one who commits adultery with a woman is alacking 1sense; He who would bdestroy 2himself does it.
33Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.
34For ajealousy 1enrages a man, And he will not spare in the bday of vengeance.
35He will not 1accept any ransom, Nor will he be 2satisfied though you give many 3gifts.