{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:49.751Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance;"},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 6 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 6](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}