^{1 Ref} My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

^{2 Ref} Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

^{3 Ref} Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

^{4 Ref} Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

^{5 Ref} Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

^{6 Ref} Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

^{7 Ref} Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

^{8 Ref} Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

^{9 Ref} How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

^{10 Ref} Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

^{11 Ref} So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

^{12 Ref} A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

^{13 Ref} He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

^{14 Ref} Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

^{15 Ref} Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

^{16 Ref} These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

^{17 Ref} A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

^{18 Ref} An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

^{19 Ref} A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

^{20 Ref} My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

^{21 Ref} Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

^{22 Ref} When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

^{23 Ref} For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

^{24 Ref} To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

^{25 Ref} Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

^{26 Ref} For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.

^{27 Ref} Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

²⁸ Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

^{29 Ref} So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

^{30 Ref} Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

^{31 Ref} But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

^{32 Ref} But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

^{33 Ref} A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

^{34 Ref} For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

^{35 Ref} He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.