^[1]  MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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^[2]  Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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^[3]  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.

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^[4]  Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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^[5]  Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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^[6]  ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

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^[7]  Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

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^[8]  Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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^[9]  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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^[10]  Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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^[11]  So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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^[12]  ¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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^[13]  He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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^[14]  Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

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^[15]  Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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^[16]  ¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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^[17]  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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^[18]  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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^[19]  A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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^[20]  ¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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^[21]  Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

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^[22]  When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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^[23]  For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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^[24]  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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^[25]  Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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^[26]  For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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^[27]  Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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

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^[29]  So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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

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

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

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^[33]  A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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

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

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