^{1 Ref} My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for 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, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

^{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 chief, Overseer, or ruler,

^{8 Ref} Provideth her bread 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 a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

^{12 Ref} A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

^{13 Ref} That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

^{14 Ref} In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

^{15 Ref} Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

^{16 Ref} There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

^{17 Ref} Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

^{18 Ref} A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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