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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