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6:1  My son, if you have guaranteed your neighbor’s debts, if you have shaken hands for a stranger,
6:2  you are trapped by the promises from your mouth; you are captured by the promises from your mouth.
6:3  Because you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands, go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
6:4  Do not allow your eyes to sleep, or your eyelids to slumber.
6:5  Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter, or like a bird from the hand of a trapper.
6:6  Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.
6:7  Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,
6:8  it stores its food in summer. It gathers its provisions at harvest time.
6:9  How long will you lie there, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
6:10  A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of your hands to rest,
6:11  and poverty will come on you like a prowler, and scarcity will come on you like a warrior.
6:12  A worthless, wicked scoundrel, who goes around with a corrupt mouth,
6:13  who winks with his eye, signals with his foot, and gestures with his fingers,
6:14  who plots evil with a deceitful heart— he always spreads conflict.
6:15  Therefore his disaster will come upon him suddenly. All at once he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
6:16  These are six things the Lord hates, seven things that really disgust him:
6:17  arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
6:18  a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run quickly to do evil,
6:19  a false witness who breathes lies, and a person who spreads conflict between brothers.
6:20  My son, keep your father’s commands, and do not forsake your mother’s teachings.
6:21  Fasten them permanently to your heart, and tie them around your neck.
6:22  When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will stand guard over you. When you wake up, they will converse with you,
6:23  because a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and the warnings given by discipline are a road to life.
6:24  They guard you from an evil woman, from the smooth tongue of a woman who is not your wife.
6:25  Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her captivate you with her eyes.
6:26  A prostitute costs you a loaf of bread, but a married woman stalks your precious life.
6:27  Can a man place fire on his lap without burning his clothes?
6:28  Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
6:29  So it is with the man who goes to his neighbor’s wife. No one who touches her will be forgiven.
6:30  No one despises a thief when he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving,
6:31  but when he is caught, he will have to repay seven times as much. He will have to give up all the wealth of his house.
6:32  Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. He who does it destroys himself.
6:33  He will find disease and dishonor, and his disgrace will never be wiped out,
6:34  because jealousy ignites a husband’s anger, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
6:35  He will not accept any amount as a payment. He will not relent, even if you increase your offer.