Proverbs 6
Warnings Against Surety and Sloth
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Parallel theme: Proverbs 11:15, 17:18, 20:16, 22:26, 27:13, Genesis 43:9, Job 17:3, Hebrews 7:22 +3
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Parallel theme: James 4:10
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Parallel theme: Psalms 132:4, Ecclesiastes 9:10
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Parallel theme: Psalms 91:3, 124:7
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Parallel theme: Proverbs 6:9, 13:4, 18:9, 19:15, 20:4, 21:25, 30:25, Matthew 25:26, Romans 12:11, Hebrews 6:12 +5
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:5, 30:25, 1 Timothy 6:19
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Resurrection: Ephesians 5:14. Parallel theme: Psalms 94:8, Jeremiah 4:14
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: Parallel theme: Proverbs 6:6
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:4, 13:4, 20:4, 24:34
The Worthless Person
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. Evil: Proverbs 8:13, 16:27, 17:4, Matthew 12:34. Parallel theme: Proverbs 4:24, Acts 20:30, 1 Timothy 5:13 +2
13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Parallel theme: Proverbs 10:10, Job 15:12, Psalms 35:19
14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Parallel theme: Hosea 8:7, Micah 2:1, Romans 16:17
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. Parallel theme: Proverbs 1:27, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Jeremiah 19:11, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Seven Things the Lord Hates
16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: References Lord: Proverbs 3:32, 8:13, 11:1, 11:20, 17:15, 20:23, Deuteronomy 23:18, 25:16, Psalms 11:5. Parallel theme: Proverbs 30:21 +5
17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, Blood: Psalms 5:6, Isaiah 1:15. Parallel theme: Proverbs 12:22, 21:4, 26:28, Deuteronomy 27:25, Psalms 18:27, 101:5, Isaiah 3:9, 3:16 +5
18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, Evil: Proverbs 1:16, 24:8, Genesis 6:5, Psalms 36:4, Isaiah 59:7, Jeremiah 4:14, Micah 2:1, Zechariah 8:17. Parallel theme: Romans 3:15 +4
19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Witness: Proverbs 19:5, 19:9, 25:18, Psalms 27:12. Parallel theme: Proverbs 6:14, 22:10, 26:20, James 3:18 +3
Warning Against Adultery Continues
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Parallel theme: Proverbs 23:22, Deuteronomy 27:16, Ephesians 6:1
21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. Parallel theme: Proverbs 2:11, Psalms 43:3, 119:9, 119:11, 119:24, 119:54, 119:148 +2
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: Word: Proverbs 4:4, Psalms 19:8, 119:105, 2 Peter 1:19. Parallel theme: Proverbs 3:18, 4:13, 15:24, 15:31, Psalms 141:5, Jeremiah 21:8 +5
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Parallel theme: Proverbs 2:16, 5:3, 7:5, Ecclesiastes 7:26
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 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. Parallel theme: Proverbs 5:10, 29:3, 1 Samuel 2:36, Luke 15:30
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Parallel theme: 1 Corinthians 7:1
30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. Parallel theme: 2 Samuel 12:6, Job 20:18, Matthew 18:25, Luke 19:8
32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. Parallel theme: Proverbs 7:7, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 20:14, Jeremiah 5:21, Hebrews 13:4
33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. Related: Song of Solomon 8:6. Parallel theme: Proverbs 27:4
35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.