Proverbs 6 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Proverbs 7

¹My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.

KJVMy son^H1121, keep^H8104^(H8798) my words^H561, and lay up^H6845^(H8799) my commandments^H4687 with thee.

² Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.

KJVKeep^H8104^(H8798) my commandments^H4687, and live^H2421^(H8798); and my law^H8451 as the apple^H380 of thine eye^H5869.

³ Bind them on your fingers. Write them on the tablet of your heart.

KJVBind^H7194^(H8798) them upon thy fingers^H676, write^H3789^(H8798) them upon the table^H3871 of thine heart^H3820.

⁴ Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,

KJVSay^H559^(H8798) unto wisdom^H2451, Thou art my sister^H269; and call^H7121^(H8799) understanding^H998 thy kinswoman^H4129:

⁵ that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

KJVThat they may keep^H8104^(H8800) thee from the strange^H2114^(H8801) woman^H802, from the stranger^H5237 which flattereth^H2505^(H8689) with her words^H561.

⁶ For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.

KJVFor at the window^H2474 of my house^H1004 I looked^H8259^(H8738) through my casement^H822,

⁷ I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

KJVAnd beheld^H7200^(H8799) among the simple ones^H6612, I discerned^H995^(H8799) among the youths^H1121, a young man^H5288 void^H2638 of understanding^H3820,

⁸ passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,

KJVPassing through^H5674^(H8802) the street^H7784 near^H681 her corner^H6434; and he went^H6805^(H8799) the way^H1870 to her house^H1004,

⁹ in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.

KJVIn the twilight^H5399, in the evening^H3117^H6153, in the black^H380 and dark^H653 night^H3915:

¹⁰ Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.

KJVAnd, behold, there met^H7125^(H8800) him a woman^H802 with the attire^H7897 of an harlot^H2181^(H8802), and subtil^H5341^(H8803) of heart^H3820.

¹¹ She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.

KJV(She is loud^H1993^(H8802) and stubborn^H5637^(H8802); her feet^H7272 abide^H7931^(H8799) not in her house^H1004:

¹² Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.

KJVNow^H6471 is she without^H2351, now^H6471 in the streets^H7339, and lieth in wait^H693^(H8799) at^H681 every corner^H6438.)

¹³ So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:

KJVSo she caught^H2388^(H8689) him, and kissed^H5401^(H8804) him, and with an impudent^H5810^(H8689) face^H6440 said^H559^(H8799) unto him,

¹⁴ “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.

KJVI have peace^H8002 offerings^H2077 with me; this day^H3117 have I payed^H7999^(H8765) my vows^H5088.

¹⁵ Therefore I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.

KJVTherefore came I forth^H3318^(H8804) to meet^H7125^(H8800) thee, diligently to seek^H7836^(H8763) thy face^H6440, and I have found^H4672^(H8799) thee.

¹⁶ I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

KJVI have decked^H7234^(H8804) my bed^H6210 with coverings^H4765 of tapestry, with carved^H2405 works, with fine linen^H330 of Egypt^H4714.

¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

KJVI have perfumed^H5130^(H8804) my bed^H4904 with myrrh^H4753, aloes^H174, and cinnamon^H7076.

¹⁸ Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning. Let’s solace ourselves with loving.

KJVCome^H3212^(H8798), let us take our fill^H7301^(H8799) of love^H1730 until the morning^H1242: let us solace^H5965^(H8691) ourselves with loves^H159.

¹⁹ For my husband isn’t at home. He has gone on a long journey.

KJVFor the goodman^H376 is not at home^H1004, he is gone^H1980^(H8804) a long^H7350 journey^H1870:

²⁰ He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon.”

KJVHe hath taken^H3947^(H8804) a bag^H6872 of money^H3701 with him^H3027, and will come^H935^(H8799) home^H1004 at the day^H3117 appointed^H3677.

²¹ With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

KJVWith her much^H7230 fair speech^H3948 she caused him to yield^H5186^(H8689), with the flattering^H2506 of her lips^H8193 she forced^H5080^(H8686) him.

²² He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

KJVHe goeth^H1980^(H8802) after^H310 her straightway^H6597, as an ox^H7794 goeth^H935^(H8799) to the slaughter^H2874, or as a fool^H191 to the correction^H4148 of the stocks^H5914;

²³ Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn’t know that it will cost his life.

KJVTill a dart^H2671 strike^H6398^(H8762) through his liver^H3516; as a bird^H6833 hasteth^H4116^(H8763) to the snare^H6341, and knoweth^H3045^(H8804) not that it is for his life^H5315.

²⁴ Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8798) unto me now therefore, O ye children^H1121, and attend^H7181^(H8685) to the words^H561 of my mouth^H6310.

²⁵ Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

KJVLet not thine heart^H3820 decline^H7847^(H8799) to her ways^H1870, go not astray^H8582^(H8799) in her paths^H5410.

²⁶ for she has thrown down many wounded. Yes, all her slain are a mighty army.

KJVFor she hath cast down^H5307^(H8689) many^H7227 wounded^H2491: yea, many strong^H6099 men have been slain^H2026^(H8803) by her.

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the rooms of death.

KJVHer house^H1004 is the way^H1870 to hell^H7585, going down^H3381^(H8802) to the chambers^H2315 of death^H4194.

WEB·Proverbs 6

¹My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

KJVMy son^H1121, if thou be surety^H6148^(H8804) for thy friend^H7453, if thou hast stricken^H8628^(H8804) thy hand^H3709 with a stranger^H2114^(H8801),

² you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

KJVThou art snared^H3369^(H8738) with the words^H561 of thy mouth^H6310, thou art taken^H3920^(H8738) with the words^H561 of thy mouth^H6310.

³ Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

KJVDo^H6213^(H8798) this now^H645, my son^H1121, and deliver^H5337^(H8734) thyself, when thou art come^H935^(H8804) into the hand^H3709 of thy friend^H7453; go^H3212^(H8798), humble^H7511^(H8690) thyself, and make sure^H7292^(H8798) thy friend^H7453.

⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

KJVGive^H5414^(H8799) not sleep^H8142 to thine eyes^H5869, nor slumber^H8572 to thine eyelids^H6079.

⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

KJVDeliver^H5337^(H8734) thyself as a roe^H6643 from the hand^H3027 of the hunter, and as a bird^H6833 from the hand^H3027 of the fowler^H3353.

⁶ Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

KJVGo^H3212^(H8798) to the ant^H5244, thou sluggard^H6102; consider^H7200^(H8798) her ways^H1870, and be wise^H2449^(H8798):

⁷ which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

KJVWhich having no guide^H7101, overseer^H7860^(H8802), or ruler^H4910^(H8802),

⁸ provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

KJVProvideth^H3559^(H8686) her meat^H3899 in the summer^H7019, and gathereth^H103^(H8804) her food^H3978 in the harvest^H7105.

⁹ How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

KJVHow long wilt thou sleep^H7901^(H8799), O sluggard^H6102? when wilt thou arise^H6965^(H8799) out of thy sleep^H8142?

¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—

KJVYet a little^H4592 sleep^H8142, a little^H4592 slumber^H8572, a little^H4592 folding^H2264 of the hands^H3027 to sleep^H7901^(H8800):

¹¹ so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

KJVSo shall thy poverty^H7389 come^H935^(H8804) as one that travelleth^H1980^(H8764), and thy want^H4270 as an armed^H4043 man^H376.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

KJVA naughty^H1100 person^H120, a wicked^H205 man^H376, walketh^H1980^(H8802) with a froward^H6143 mouth^H6310.

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

KJVHe winketh^H7169^(H8802) with his eyes^H5869, he speaketh^H4448^(H8802) with his feet^H7272, he teacheth^H3384^(H8688) with his fingers^H676;

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

KJVFrowardness^H8419 is in his heart^H3820, he deviseth^H2790^(H8802) mischief^H7451 continually^H6256; he soweth^H7971^(H8762) discord^H4066^(H8675)^H4090.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

KJVTherefore shall his calamity^H343 come^H935^(H8799) suddenly^H6597; suddenly^H6621 shall he be broken^H7665^(H8735) without remedy^H4832.

¹⁶ There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

KJVThese six^H8337 things doth the LORD^H3068 hate^H8130^(H8804): yea, seven^H7651 are an abomination^H8441 unto him^H5315:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

KJVA proud^H7311^(H8802) look^H5869, a lying^H8267 tongue^H3956, and hands^H3027 that shed^H8210^(H8802) innocent^H5355 blood^H1818,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

KJVAn heart^H3820 that deviseth^H2790^(H8802) wicked^H205 imaginations^H4284, feet^H7272 that be swift^H4116^(H8764) in running^H7323^(H8800) to mischief^H7451,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

KJVA false^H8267 witness^H5707 that speaketh^H6315^(H8686) lies^H3577, and he that soweth^H7971^(H8764) discord^H4090 among brethren^H251.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

KJVMy son^H1121, keep^H5341^(H8798) thy father's^H1 commandment^H4687, and forsake^H5203^(H8799) not the law^H8451 of thy mother^H517:

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

KJVBind^H7194^(H8798) them continually^H8548 upon thine heart^H3820, and tie^H6029^(H8798) them about thy neck^H1621.

²² When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

KJVWhen thou goest^H1980^(H8692), it shall lead^H5148^(H8686) thee; when thou sleepest^H7901^(H8800), it shall keep^H8104^(H8799) thee; and when thou awakest^H6974^(H8689), it shall talk^H7878^(H8799) with thee.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

KJVFor the commandment^H4687 is a lamp^H5216; and the law^H8451 is light^H216; and reproofs^H8433 of instruction^H4148 are the way^H1870 of life^H2416:

²⁴ to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.

KJVTo keep^H8104^(H8800) thee from the evil^H7451 woman^H802, from the flattery^H2513 of the tongue^H3956 of a strange woman^H5237.

²⁵ Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

KJVLust^H2530^(H8799) not after her beauty^H3308 in thine heart^H3824; neither let her take^H3947^(H8799) thee with her eyelids^H6079.

²⁶ For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

KJVFor by means of^H1157 a whorish^H2181^(H8802) woman^H802 a man is brought to a piece^H3603 of bread^H3899: and the adulteress^H802^H376 will hunt^H6679^(H8799) for the precious^H3368 life^H5315.

²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

KJVCan a man^H376 take^H2846^(H8799) fire^H784 in his bosom^H2436, and his clothes^H899 not be burned^H8313^(H8735)?

²⁸ Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?

KJVCan one^H376 go^H1980^(H8762) upon hot coals^H1513, and his feet^H7272 not be burned^H3554^(H8735)?

²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

KJVSo he that goeth in^H935^(H8802) to his neighbour's^H7453 wife^H802; whosoever toucheth^H5060^(H8802) her shall not be innocent^H5352^(H8735).

³⁰ Men don’t despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,

KJVMen do not despise^H936^(H8799) a thief^H1590, if he steal^H1589^(H8799) to satisfy^H4390^(H8763) his soul^H5315 when he is hungry^H7456^(H8799);

³¹ but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

KJVBut if he be found^H4672^(H8738), he shall restore^H7999^(H8762) sevenfold^H7659; he shall give^H5414^(H8799) all the substance^H1952 of his house^H1004.

³² He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

KJVBut whoso committeth adultery^H5003^(H8802) with a woman^H802 lacketh^H2638 understanding^H3820: he that doeth^H6213^(H8799) it destroyeth^H7843^(H8688) his own soul^H5315.

³³ He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

KJVA wound^H5061 and dishonour^H7036 shall he get^H4672^(H8799); and his reproach^H2781 shall not be wiped away^H4229^(H8735).

³⁴ For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.

KJVFor jealousy^H7068 is the rage^H2534 of a man^H1397: therefore he will not spare^H2550^(H8799) in the day^H3117 of vengeance^H5359.

³⁵ He won’t regard any ransom, neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.

KJVHe will not regard^H5375^(H8799)^H6440 any ransom^H3724; neither will he rest content^H14^(H8799), though thou givest many^H7235^(H8686) gifts^H7810.

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