# Proverbs 6 (New King James Version)
Dangerous Promises

##### Chapter 6
###### 1 My son, if you become surety for your friend,  
_If_ you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,  

###### 2 You are snared by the words of your mouth;  
You are taken by the words of your mouth.  

###### 3 So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;  
For you have come into the hand of your friend:  
Go and humble yourself;  
Plead with your friend.  

###### 4 Give no sleep to your eyes,  
Nor slumber to your eyelids.  

###### 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand _of the hunter,_  
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.The Folly of Indolence

###### 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard!  
Consider her ways and be wise,  

###### 7 Which, having no captain,  
Overseer or ruler,  

###### 8 Provides her supplies in the summer,  
_And_ gathers her food in the harvest.  

###### 9 How long will you slumber, O sluggard?  
When will you rise from your sleep?  

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

###### 11 So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,  
And your need like an armed man.The Wicked Man

###### 12 A worthless person, a wicked man,  
Walks with a perverse mouth;  

###### 13 He winks with his eyes,  
He shuffles his feet,  
He points with his fingers;  

###### 14 Perversity _is_ in his heart,  
He devises evil continually,  
He sows discord.  

###### 15 Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;  
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.

###### 16 These six _things_ the Lord hates,  
Yes, seven _are_ an abomination to Him:  

###### 17 A proud look,  
A lying tongue,  
Hands that shed innocent blood,  

###### 18 A heart that devises wicked plans,  
Feet that are swift in running to evil,  

###### 19 A false witness _who_ speaks lies,  
And one who sows discord among brethren.Beware of Adultery

###### 20 My son, keep your father's command,  
And do not forsake the law of your mother.  

###### 21 Bind them continually upon your heart;  
Tie them around your neck.  

###### 22 When you roam, they will lead you;  
When you sleep, they will keep you;  
And _when_ you awake, they will speak with you.  

###### 23 For the commandment _is_ a lamp,  
And the law a light;  
Reproofs of instruction _are_ the way of life,  

###### 24 To keep you from the evil woman,  
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.  

###### 25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,  
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.  

###### 26 For by means of a harlot  
_A man is reduced_ to a crust of bread;  
And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.  

###### 27 Can a man take fire to his bosom,  
And his clothes not be burned?  

###### 28 Can one walk on hot coals,  
And his feet not be seared?  

###### 29 So _is_ he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;  
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

###### 30 _People_ do not despise a thief  
If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.  

###### 31 Yet _when_ he is found, he must restore sevenfold;  
He may have to give up all the substance of his house.  

###### 32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;  
He _who_ does so destroys his own soul.  

###### 33 Wounds and dishonor he will get,  
And his reproach will not be wiped away.  

###### 34 For jealousy _is_ a husband's fury;  
Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.  

###### 35 He will accept no recompense,  
Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.