{"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/kjv/proverbs/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:42:31.212Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 be surety for thy friend, <i>if</i> thou hast stricken thy hand with 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend."},{"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 <i>of the hunter</i>, 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 guide, overseer, or ruler,"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Provideth her meat in the summer, <i>and</i> 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":"<i>Yet</i> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Frowardness <i>is</i> in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"These six <i>things</i> doth the LORD hate: yea, seven <i>are</i> an abomination unto him:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"A proud look, 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 <i>that</i> speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Bind them continually upon thine heart, <i>and</i> tie them about thy neck."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and <i>when</i> thou awakest, it shall talk with thee."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For the commandment <i>is</i> a lamp; and the law <i>is</i> light; and reproofs of instruction <i>are</i> 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 thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For by means of a whorish woman <i>a man is brought</i> to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"<i>Men</i> do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"But <i>if</i> he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"<i>But</i> whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he <i>that</i> doeth it destroyeth his own soul."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"For jealousy <i>is</i> the rage of a man: therefore 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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 6](https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/proverbs/6 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}