1	My son, if thou be surety# for thy friend, if thou hast stricken# thy hand with a stranger# ,
			2	Thou art snared# with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken# with the words of thy mouth.
			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. [and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend]
			4	Give# not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
			5	Deliver# thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
			6	Go# to the ant, thou sluggard; consider# her ways, and be wise# :
			7	Which having no guide, overseer# , or ruler# ,
			8	Provideth# her meat in the summer, and gathereth# her food in the harvest.
			9	How long wilt thou sleep# , O sluggard? when wilt thou arise# out of thy sleep?
			10	Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep# :
			11	So shall thy poverty come# as one that travelleth# , and thy want as an armed man.
			12	A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh# with a froward mouth.
			13	He winketh# with his eyes, he speaketh# with his feet, he teacheth# with his fingers;
			14	Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth# mischief continually; he soweth# discord# # . [soweth: Heb. casteth forth]
			15	Therefore shall his calamity come# suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken# without remedy.
			16	These six things doth the LORD hate# : yea, seven are an abomination unto him: [unto...: Heb. of his soul]
			17	A proud# look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed# innocent blood, [A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes]
			18	An heart that deviseth# wicked imaginations, feet that be swift# in running# to mischief,
			19	A false witness that speaketh# lies, and he that soweth# discord among brethren.
			20	My son, keep# thy father's commandment, and forsake# not the law of thy mother:
			21	Bind# them continually upon thine heart, and tie# them about thy neck.
			22	When thou goest# , it shall lead# thee; when thou sleepest# , it shall keep# thee; and when thou awakest# , it shall talk# with thee.
			23	For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: [lamp: or, candle]
			24	To keep# thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. [of the...: or, of the strange tongue]
			25	Lust# not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take# thee with her eyelids.
			26	For by means of a whorish# woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress# will hunt# for the precious life. [the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife]
			27	Can a man take# fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned# ?
			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# .
			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.
			32	But whoso committeth adultery# with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth# it destroyeth# his own soul. [understanding: Heb. heart]
			33	A wound and dishonour shall he get# ; and his reproach shall not be wiped away# .
			34	For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare# in the day of vengeance.
			35	He will not regard# # any ransom; neither will he rest content# , though thou givest many# gifts. [He will...: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom]