6:1  My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,

6:2  {If} you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,

6:3  Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

6:4  Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;

6:5  Deliver yourself like a gazelle from {the hunter's} hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6:6  Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,

6:7  Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,

6:8  Prepares her food in the summer {And} gathers her provision in the harvest.

6:9  How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?

6:10  "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest--"

6:11  Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.

6:12  A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

6:13  Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;

6:14  Who {with} perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

6:15  Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

6:16  There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

6:17  Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

6:18  A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

6:19  A false witness {who} utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

6:20  My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

6:21  Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.

6:22  When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

6:23  For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

6:24  To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

6:25  Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

6:26  For on account of a harlot {one is reduced} to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.

6:27  Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?

6:28  Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

6:29  So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

6:30  Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

6:31  But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.

6:32  The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.

6:33  Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.

6:34  For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

6:35  He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.