Warnings against Foolishness 1 AKJV My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger, BSB BSB: My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
2 AKJV You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. BSB BSB: if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
3 AKJV Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend. BSB BSB: then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
4 AKJV Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. BSB BSB: Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5 AKJV Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. BSB BSB: Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 AKJV Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: BSB BSB: Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
7 AKJV Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, BSB BSB: Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
8 AKJV Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. BSB BSB: it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
9 AKJV How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? BSB BSB: How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 AKJV Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: BSB BSB: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 AKJV So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man. BSB BSB: and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
12 AKJV A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a fraudulent mouth. BSB BSB: A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
13 AKJV He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers; BSB BSB: winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
14 AKJV Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord. BSB BSB: With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
15 AKJV Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. BSB BSB: Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
16 AKJV These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: BSB BSB: There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
17 AKJV A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, BSB BSB: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 AKJV An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, BSB BSB: a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
19 AKJV A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers. BSB BSB: a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
Warnings against Adultery 20 AKJV My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother: BSB BSB: My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 AKJV Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck. BSB BSB: Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 AKJV When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you. BSB BSB: When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 AKJV For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: BSB BSB: For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 AKJV To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. BSB BSB: to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 AKJV Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids. BSB BSB: Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 AKJV Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? BSB BSB: Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
28 AKJV Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? BSB BSB: Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 AKJV So he that goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent. BSB BSB: So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 AKJV Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; BSB BSB: Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31 AKJV But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. BSB BSB: Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
32 AKJV But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul. BSB BSB: He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 AKJV A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. BSB BSB: Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
34 AKJV For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. BSB BSB: For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
35 AKJV He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. BSB BSB: He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
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