against suretyship, 1-5; idleness, 6-11; and mischievousness,
12-15; seven things hateful to God,16-19; the blessings of
obedience, 20-24; the mischiefs of whoredom,25-35;
if thou be 11:15 17:18 20:16 22:26 27:13 Ge 43:9 44:32,33 Job 17:3 Phm 1:18,19 Heb 7:22

if thou hast stricken: to strike or join hands was an ancient
form of entering into contracts in all counties and all ages.

2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Ps 12:1-3

3 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.

when 2Sa 24:14 2Ch 12:5 Ps 31:8

go Ex 10:3 2Ch 36:12 Jas 4:10

and make sure thy friend

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Pr 6:10,11 Ps 132:4 Ec 9:10 Mt 24:17,18 Mr 13:35,36

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

as a bird 1:17 Ps 11:1 124:7

6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

the ant has been famous for centuries for its social habits
foresight, economy and industry. Collecting their food at the proper seasons, they bite off the end of the grain to prevent it from germinating and lay it up in cells till needed. 1:17 Job 12:7,8 Isa 1:3 Mt 6:26

thou Pr 6:9 10:26 13:4 15:19 18:9 19:15,24 20:4 21:25 22:13 24:30-34 26:13-16 Mt 25:26 Ro 12:11 Heb 6:12

7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

hear 4:1 8:32-36 22:17-21 Heb 12:25

and depart 3:21 4:21

8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

30:25 1Ti 6:19

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

how 1:22 24:33,34 Jer 4:14

when Ps 94:8 Joh 1:6 Ro 13:11 Eph 5:14 1Th 5:2-7

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

6:6 23:33,34 24:33,34

11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

10:4 13:4 20:4

12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

naughty 11:6 17:4 1Sa 17:28 Jer 24:2,8-10 Jas 1:21

walketh 6:14 2:12 4:24 8:13 Ps 10:3,7 36:3 52:2-4 59:7 73:8,9 Mt 12:34 Ac 20:30 1Ti 5:13 Tit 1:10,11 Jas 3:6

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

5:6 10:10 Job 15:12 Ps 35:19

14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

frowardness 2:14 16:28-30 21:8

he deviseth 6:18 Ps 36:4 Isa 32:7 57:20 Eze 11:2 Mic 2:1

soweth or casteth forth 6:19 16:28 22:8 26:17-22 Ho 8:7 Ro 16:17 Ga 6:7,8

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

shall his 1:27 29:1 Ps 73:18-20 Isa 30:13 1Th 5:3

he be 2Ch 36:16 Ps 50:22 Jer 19:11

16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

six 8:13 30:18,21,24,29 Am 1:3,6,9,11 2:1,4,6

an 3:32 11:1,20 15:8,9 17:15 20:10,23 De 18:10-12 23:18 De 24:4 25:16 Re 21:27

unto him Ps 11:5

17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

a proud look 30:13 Ps 10:4 18:27 73:6-8 101:5 131:1 Isa 2:11 3:9,16 1Pe 5:5

lying 12:22 14:5 26:28 Ps 5:6 120:2,3 Ho 4:1,2 Joh 8:44 Re 22:15

and hands 1:11 De 27:25 2Ki 24:4 Isa 1:15 59:3-6

18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

heart 24:8 Ge 6:5 Ps 36:4 Jer 4:14 Mic 2:1 Zec 8:17

feet 1:16 Isa 59:7 Ro 3:15

19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

a false Ps 12:2,3 19:5,9 25:18 Ex 20:16 23:1 De 19:16-20 1Ki 21:10-15 Ps 27:12 35:11 Mt 15:19 26:59 Ac 6:13

that soweth 6:14 16:28 22:10 26:20 2Ti 2:23 Jas 3:14-16,18 3Jo 1:9,10

20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

1:8,9 7:1-4 23:22 30:11 De 21:18 27:16 Eph 6:1

21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

3:3 4:6,21 7:3,4 Ex 13:16 De 6:8 2Co 3:3

22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

2:11 3:23,24 Ps 17:4 43:3 119:9,11,24,54,97,148 Da 11:18-21

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

the commandment Ps 19:8 119:98-100,105 Isa 8:20 2Pe 1:19

lamp Re 2:5

and reproofs 5:12 15:31 29:15 Le 19:17 Ps 141:5

the way 3:18 4:4,13 15:24 Jer 21:8

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

keep 2:16 5:3 7:5 Ec 7:26

of the tongue of a strange woman or of the strange tongue.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

lust 2Sa 11:2-5 Mt 5:28 Jas 1:14,15

take 2Ki 9:30 So 4:9 Isa 3:16

26 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.

by 5:10 29:3,8 Lu 15:13-15,30

a piece 1Sa 2:36

the adulteress Ge 39:14 Eze 13:8

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Job 31:9-12 Ho 7:4-7 Jas 3:5

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

he that Ge 12:18,19 Le 20:10 2Sa 11:3,4 12:9,10 16:21 Jer 5:8,9 Eze 22:11 Mal 3:5

toucheth Ge 20:4-7 26:10,11 1Co 7:1

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

if Ex 22:1,3,4 2Sa 12:6 Job 20:18 Lu 19:8

he shall give Mt 18:25

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

lacketh 7:7 Ge 39:9,10 41:39 Ec 7:25,26 Jer 5:8,21 Ro 1:22-24

understanding Ho 4:11,12

destroyeth 2:18,19 5:22,23 7:22,23 8:36 9:16-18 Eze 18:31 Ho 13:9 Heb 13:4

33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

a wound 5:9-11 Jud 16:19-21 Ps 38:1-8 51:8

and his Ge 49:4 1Ki 15:5 Ne 13:26 Ps 51:1 Mt 1:6

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

27:4 Nu 5:14 25:11 Jud 19:29,30 So 8:6 1Co 10:22

35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

regard or accept the face of