Proverbs 6:35 - Prayer Tents

The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans

6My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger,H1121H6148H7453H8628H3709H2114

2trapped by your own words, and caught by your own words,H3369H561H6310H3920H561H6310

3then do this, my son and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!H6213H645H1121H5337H935H3709H7453H3212H7511H7292H7453

4Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.H5414H8142H5869H8572H6079

5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter's hand, or like a bird from a fowler's hand.H5337H6643H3027H6833H3027H3353

The Folly of Laziness

6Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.H3212H5244H6102H7200H1870H2449

7It has no commander, officer, or rulerH7101H7860H4910

8but prepares its provisions in the summer and gathers its food in the harvest.H3559H3899H7019H103H3978H7105

9How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?H7901H6102H6965H8142

10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,H4592H8142H4592H8572H4592H2264H3027H7901

11and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.H7389H935H1980H4270H4043H376

The Folly of Causing Strife

12A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech,H1100H120H205H376H1980H6143H6310

13winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers,H7169H5869H4448H7272H3384H676

14planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord.H8419H3820H2790H7451H6256H7971H4066H4090

15Therefore, disaster will overtake him suddenly. He will be broken in an instant, and he will never recover.H343H935H6597H6621H7665H4832

What God Hates

16Here are six things that the Lord hates? seven, in fact, are detestable to him:H8337H3068H8130H7651H8441H5315

17Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue and hands shedding innocent blood;H7311H5869H8267H3956H3027H8210H5355H1818

18a heart crafting evil plans, feet running swiftly to wickedness,H3820H2790H205H4284H7272H4116H7323H7451

19a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.H8267H5707H6315H3577H7971H4090H251

Parental Counsel about Immorality

20Keep your father's commands, my son, and never forsake your mother's rules,H1121H5341H1H4687H5203H8451H517

21by binding them to your heart continually, fastening them around your neck.H7194H8548H3820H6029H1621

22During your travels wisdom will lead you; she will watch over you while you rest; and when you are startled from your sleep she will commune with you.H1980H5148H7901H8104H6974H7878

23Because the command is a lamp and the Law a light, rebukes that discipline are a way of life?H4687H5216H8451H216H8433H4148H1870H2416

24to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman.H8104H7451H802H2513H3956H5237

25Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,H2530H3308H3824H3947H6079

26because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread, and an adulterous woman stalks a man's precious life.H1157H2181H802H3603H3899H802H376H6679H3368H5315

27Can a man scoop fire into his bosom without burning his clothes?H376H2846H784H2436H899H8313

28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?6H376H1980H1513H7272H3554

29So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her will not remain unpunished.6H935H7453H802H5060H5352

30A thief isn't despised if he steals to meet his needs when he is hungry,H936H1590H1589H4390H5315H7456

31but when he is discovered, he must restore seven-fold, forfeiting the entire value of his house.H4672H7999H7659H5414H1952H1004

32Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.H5003H802H2638H3820H6213H7843H5315

33He will receive a beating and dishonor, and his shame won't disappear,H5061H7036H4672H2781H4229

34because jealousy incites a strong man's rage, and he will show no mercy when it's time for revenge.H7068H2534H1397H2550H3117H5359

35He will not consider any payment, nor will he be willing to accept it, no matter how large the bribe.H5375H6440H3724H14H7235H7810