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Mishlei [Proverbs] - Proverbs
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
- You are trapped by the words of your mouth.
- You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
- You are trapped by the words of your mouth.
- You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
- Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
- since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
- Go, humble yourself.
- Press your plea with your neighbor.
- Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
- since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.
- Go, humble yourself.
- Press your plea with your neighbor.
- Give no sleep to your eyes,
- nor slumber to your eyelids.
- Give no sleep to your eyes,
- nor slumber to your eyelids.
- Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
- like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
- like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
- Go to the ant, you sluggard.
- Consider her ways, and be wise;
- Go to the ant, you sluggard.
- Consider her ways, and be wise;
- which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
- which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
- provides her bread in the summer,
- and gathers her food in the harvest.
- provides her bread in the summer,
- and gathers her food in the harvest.
- How long will you sleep, sluggard?
- When will you arise out of your sleep?
- How long will you sleep, sluggard?
- When will you arise out of your sleep?
- A little sleep, a little slumber,
- a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- A little sleep, a little slumber,
- a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- so your poverty will come as a robber,
- and your scarcity as an armed man.
- so your poverty will come as a robber,
- and your scarcity as an armed man.
- A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
- is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
- A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
- is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
- who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
- who motions with his fingers;
- who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
- who motions with his fingers;
Ketib: מדנים ⬪ Qere: מִדְיָנִ֥ים
- in whose heart is perverseness,
- who devises evil continually,
- who always sows discord.
- in whose heart is perverseness,
- who devises evil continually,
- who always sows discord.
- Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
- He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
- Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
- He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
Ketib: תועבות ⬪ Qere: תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת
- There are six things which Yahweh hates;
- yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
- There are six things which Yahweh hates;
- yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
- haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
- hands that shed innocent blood;
- haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
- hands that shed innocent blood;
- a heart that devises wicked schemes,
- feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- a heart that devises wicked schemes,
- feet that are swift in running to mischief,
- a false witness who utters lies,
- and he who sows discord among brothers.
- a false witness who utters lies,
- and he who sows discord among brothers.
- My son, keep your father’s commandment,
- and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
- My son, keep your father’s commandment,
- and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
- Bind them continually on your heart.
- Tie them around your neck.
- Bind them continually on your heart.
- Tie them around your neck.
- When you walk, it will lead you.
- When you sleep, it will watch over you.
- When you awake, it will talk with you.
- When you walk, it will lead you.
- When you sleep, it will watch over you.
- When you awake, it will talk with you.
- For the commandment is a lamp,
- and the law is light.
- Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
- For the commandment is a lamp,
- and the law is light.
- Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
- to keep you from the immoral woman,
- from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
- to keep you from the immoral woman,
- from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
- Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
- neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
- neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
- The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
- The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
- Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
- and his clothes not be burned?
- Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
- and his clothes not be burned?
- Or can one walk on hot coals,
- and his feet not be scorched?
- Or can one walk on hot coals,
- and his feet not be scorched?
- So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife.
- Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife.
- Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
- Men don’t despise a thief,
- if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- Men don’t despise a thief,
- if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
- He shall give all the wealth of his house.
- but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
- He shall give all the wealth of his house.
- He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
- He who does it destroys his own soul.
- He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
- He who does it destroys his own soul.
- He will get wounds and dishonor.
- His reproach will not be wiped away.
- He will get wounds and dishonor.
- His reproach will not be wiped away.
- For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
- He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
- For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
- He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
- He won’t regard any ransom,
- neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
- He won’t regard any ransom,
- neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
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