1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
4Give not sleep to thine eyes,
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her meat in the summer,
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
12A naughty person, a wicked man,
13He winketh with his eyes,
14Frowardness is in his heart,
15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
16These six things doth the Lord hate:
17A proud look, a lying tongue,
18A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
19A false witness that speaketh lies,
20My son, keep thy father’s commandment,
21Bind them continually upon thine heart,
22When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
24To keep thee from the evil woman,
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
27Can a man take fire in his bosom,
28Can one go upon hot coals,
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;
30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
33A wound and dishonour shall he get;
34For jealousy is the rage of a man:
35He will not regard any ransom;