Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Proverbs:
Chapter 6
1. MY
son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand
with a stranger,
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.
4. Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird
from the hand of the fowler.
6. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider the ways, and be wise:
7. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8. Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
9. How long wilt thou sleep , O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of
thy sleep?
10. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of hands to
sleep:
11. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an
armed man.
12. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth
with his fingers;
14. Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he
soweth discord.
15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be
broken without remedy.
16. These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination
unto him:
17. A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18. An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in
running to mischief,
19. A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among
brethren.
20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of
thy mother:
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.
23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life:
24. To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of
a strange woman.
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.
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.
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.
32. But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he
that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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.
35. He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though
thou givest many gifts.
Sept. 9 Daily
reading schedule.. go to chapter 7
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