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Provérbios 6

1 My sonne, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, and hast striken hands with the stranger,

2 Thou artHe forbids us not to become surety one for another, according to the rule of charity, but that we consider for whom and after what sort, so that the creditor may not be defrauded.snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

3 Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.

4 Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

5 Deliuer thy selfe as a doe from the hande of the hunter, and as a birde from the hande of the fouler.

6 Go to theIf the word of God cannot instruct you, learn from the little ant to labour for yourself and not to burden others.ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

7 For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,

8 Prepareth her meat in the sommer, & gathereth her foode in haruest.

9 Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber,He expresses the nature of the sluggards, who though they sleep long, yet never have enough, but always seek opportunity for more.a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11 So shall thy poverty come as one thatThat is, suddenly, and when you do not look for it.travelleth, and thy want asIt will come in such sort, as you are not able to resist it.an armed man.

12 A naughty person,He shows to what inconvenience the idle persons and sluggards come, by calling them unthrifty, or the men of Belial, and slanderous.a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, heThus all his gesture tends to wickedness,teacheth with his fingers;

14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

15 Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

16 These sixe things doeth the Lorde hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

17 The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,Meaning, the raging affections, which carry a man away in such sort that he cannot tell what he does.feet that be swift in running to mischief,

19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

20 My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

21 Bind them continually upon thine(Pro_3:3).heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.

22 It shall leade thee, when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee, when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talke with thee.

23 For theBy the commandment, he means the word of God; and by the instruction, the preaching and declaration of the same, which is committed to the Church.commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; andAnd reprehensions when the word is preached bring us to life.reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

24 To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with herWith her wanton looks and gesture.eyelids.

26 For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

27 Meaning, that she will never cease till she has brought you to begging, and then seek your destruction.Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28 Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

30 [Men] do notHe does not reprove theft, showing that it is not as abominable as whoredom, for theft can be restored, but adultery is permanent, and death by the law of God.despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy hisMeaning, for necessity.soul when he is hungry;

31 But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.

32 But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

33 AThat is, death appointed by the Law.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 notHe shows that man by nature seeks the death of he that has abused his wife, and so concludes that neither God's law nor the law of nature admits any ransom for the adultery.spare in the day of vengeance.

35 He cannot beare the sight of any raunsome: neither will he consent, though thou augment the giftes.

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