The Bible, King James version, Book 20: Proverbs. Unknown
from the hand of the fowler.
20:006:006 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
20:006:007 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
20:006:008 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
20:006:009 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
20:006:010 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
20:006:011 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
20:006:012 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
20:006:013 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
20:006:014 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
20:006:015 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
20:006:016 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
20:006:017 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
20:006:018 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
20:006:019 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20:006:020 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
20:006:021 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
20:006:022 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
20:006:023 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
20:006:024 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
20:006:025 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
20:006:026 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
20:006:027 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
20:006:028 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
20:006:029 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
20:006:030 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
20:006:031 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
20:006:032 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
20:006:033 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
20:006:034 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
20:006:035 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
20:007:001 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
20:007:002 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
20:007:003 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
20:007:004 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
20:007:005 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
20:007:006 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
20:007:007 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
20:007:008 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
20:007:009 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
20:007:010 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
20:007:011 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
20:007:012 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
20:007:013 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
20:007:014 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
20:007:015 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
20:007:016 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
20:007:017 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
20:007:018 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
20:007:019 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20:007:020 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
20:007:021 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
20:007:022 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
20:007:023 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
20:007:024 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
20:007:025 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
20:007:026 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
20:007:027 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
20:008:001 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
20:008:002 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
20:008:003 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
20:008:004 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
20:008:005 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
20:008:006 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
20:008:007 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
20:008:008 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
20:008:009 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
20:008:010 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
20:008:011 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
20:008:012 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
20:008:013 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
20:008:014 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
20:008:015 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
20:008:016 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
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