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

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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 chief, Overseer, or ruler,

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^[8]  Provideth her bread 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]  Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

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^[11]  So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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^[12]  A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

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^[13]  That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

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^[14]  In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

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

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^[16]  There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

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^[17]  Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

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^[18]  A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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

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^[20]  My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

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^[21]  Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

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^[22]  When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over 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 foreigner’s tongue.

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

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^[26]  For on account of a harlota man is broughtto a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth 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]  Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

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^[29]  So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

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^[30]  Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself 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]  He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

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^[33]  Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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^[34]  For jealousy is the rage of a man; And 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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