{"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/erv/proverbs/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T22:23:40.684Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast stricken thy hands 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, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Deliver thyself as a roe 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 meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is 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 stranger's tongue."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For on account of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress hunteth for the precious life."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"So he that goeth in to his nieghbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he doeth it that would destroy his own soul."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Wounds and dishonour 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 givest many gifts."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 6 (ERV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 6](https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/proverbs/6 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}