Proverbs 6

Proverbs 6 in full

King James Version, 35 verses. Tap a reference to link straight to a single verse.

1. Prov 6:1

   My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

2. Prov 6:2

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

3. Prov 6:3

   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.

4. Prov 6:4

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

5. Prov 6:5

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

6. Prov 6:6

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

7. Prov 6:7

   Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

8. Prov 6:8

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

9. Prov 6:9

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

10. Prov 6:10

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

11. Prov 6:11

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

12. Prov 6:12

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

13. Prov 6:13

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

14. Prov 6:14

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

15. Prov 6:15

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

16. Prov 6:16

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

17. Prov 6:17

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

18. Prov 6:18

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

19. Prov 6:19

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

20. Prov 6:20

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

21. Prov 6:21

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

22. Prov 6:22

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

23. Prov 6:23

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

24. Prov 6:24

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

25. Prov 6:25

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

26. Prov 6:26

    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.

27. Prov 6:27

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

28. Prov 6:28

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

29. Prov 6:29

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

30. Prov 6:30

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

31. Prov 6:31

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

32. Prov 6:32

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

33. Prov 6:33

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

34. Prov 6:34

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

35. Prov 6:35

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

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Proverbs 6 is part of Proverbs, book 20 of the 66 in the King James Bible. Read the 31 chapters straight through, or search any word across all 66 books.