Warnings against Foolishness 1 UEB My son, if you set aside your money as a guarantee for your neighbor's loan, if you gave your promise for a loan of someone you do not know, BSB BSB: My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
2 UEB then you have laid a trap for yourself by your promise and you have been caught by 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 UEB When you are caught by your words, my son, do this and save yourself, since you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor; go and humble yourself and make your case before your neighbor. 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 UEB Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber. BSB BSB: Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5 UEB Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like 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 UEB Look at the ant, you lazy person, consider her ways, and be wise. BSB BSB: Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
7 UEB It has no commander, officer, or ruler, BSB BSB: Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
8 UEB yet it prepares its food in the summer and during the harvest it stores up what it will eat. BSB BSB: it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
9 UEB How long will you sleep, you lazy person? When will you rise from your sleep? BSB BSB: How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 UEB "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest"— BSB BSB: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 UEB and your poverty will come like a robber and your needs like an armed soldier. BSB BSB: and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
12 UEB A worthless person—a wicked man— lives by the crookedness of his speech, BSB BSB: A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
13 UEB winking his eyes, making signals with his feet and pointing with his fingers. BSB BSB: winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
14 UEB He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he always stirs up discord. BSB BSB: With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
15 UEB Therefore his disaster will overtake him in an instant; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing. BSB BSB: Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
16 UEB There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that are disgusting to him. BSB BSB: There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
17 UEB The eyes of a proud person, a tongue that lies, hands that shed the blood of innocent people, BSB BSB: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 UEB a heart that invents wicked schemes, feet that quickly run to do evil, BSB BSB: a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
19 UEB a witness who breathes out lies and one who 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 UEB My son, obey the command of your father and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. BSB BSB: My son, keep your father’s commandment, and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 UEB Always bind them on your heart; tie them about your neck. BSB BSB: Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
22 UEB When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will teach 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 UEB For the commands are a lamp, and the teaching is a light; the corrections that come by 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 UEB It keeps you from the immoral woman, from the smooth words of an immoral woman. BSB BSB: to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 UEB Do not lust in your heart after her beauty and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. BSB BSB: Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 UEB Sleeping with a prostitute can cost the price of a loaf of bread, but the wife of another may cost you your very life. BSB BSB: For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
27 UEB Can a man carry a fire against his chest without burning his clothes? BSB BSB: Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
28 UEB Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? BSB BSB: Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
29 UEB So is the man who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; the one who sleeps with her will not go unpunished. BSB BSB: So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 UEB People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his need when he is hungry. BSB BSB: Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
31 UEB Yet if he is caught, he will pay back seven times what he stole; he must give up everything of value in his house. BSB BSB: Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
32 UEB The one who commits adultery has no sense; the one who does it destroys himself. BSB BSB: He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 UEB Wounds and shame are what he deserves and his disgrace will not be wiped away. BSB BSB: Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
34 UEB For jealousy makes a man furious; he will show no mercy when he takes his revenge. BSB BSB: For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
35 UEB He will accept no compensation and he cannot be bought off, though you offer him many gifts. BSB BSB: He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
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