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¹ My son, if you have put up ^(a)security for your neighbor,
    have ^(b)given your pledge for a stranger,
² if you are ^(c)snared in the words of your mouth,
    caught in the words of your mouth,
³ then do this, my son, and save yourself,
    for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
    go, hasten,^[a] and ^(d)plead urgently with your neighbor.
^4 (e)Give your eyes no sleep
    and your eyelids no slumber;
⁵ save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,^{[b]
    (f)}like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

^6 (g)Go to ^(h)the ant, O ⁽ⁱ⁾sluggard;
    consider her ways, and ^(j)be wise.
^7 (k)Without having any chief,
    ^(l)officer, or ruler,
⁸ she prepares her bread ^(m)in summer
    and ⁽ⁿ⁾gathers her food in harvest.
^9 (o)How long will you lie there, ^(p)O sluggard?
    When will you arise from your sleep?
^10 (q)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    ^(r)a little ^(s)folding of the hands to rest,
^11 (t)and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

^12 (u)A worthless person, a wicked man,
    goes about with ^(v)crooked speech,
^13 (w)winks with his eyes, signals^[c] with his feet,
    points with his finger,
¹⁴ with ^(x)perverted heart ^(y)devises evil,
    continually ^(z)sowing discord;
¹⁵ therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
    ^(aa)in a moment he will be broken ^(ab)beyond healing.

¹⁶ There are ^(ac)six things that the Lord hates,
    ^(ad)seven that are an abomination to him:
^17 (ae)haughty eyes, ^(af)a lying tongue,
    and ^(ag)hands that shed innocent blood,
^18 (ah)a heart that devises wicked plans,
    ^(ai)feet that make haste to run to evil,
^19 (aj)a false witness who ^(ak)breathes out lies,
    and one who ^(al)sows discord among brothers.

^20 (am)My son, keep your father's commandment,
    ^(an)and forsake not your mother's teaching.
^21 (ao)Bind them on your heart always;
    ^(ap)tie them around your neck.
^22 (aq)When you walk, they^[d] will lead you;
    ^(ar)when you lie down, they will ^(as)watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.
²³ For the commandment is ^(at)a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the ^(au)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
²⁴ to preserve you from the evil woman,^[e]
    from the smooth tongue of ^(av)the adulteress.^[f]
25 (aw)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
    and do not let her capture you with her ^(ax)eyelashes;
²⁶ for ^(ay)the price of a prostitute is only ^(az)a loaf of bread,^[g]
    but a married woman^{[h] (ba)}hunts down a precious life.
²⁷ Can a man carry ^(bb)fire next to his ^(bc)chest
    and his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Or can one ^(bd)walk on hot coals
    and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
    none who touches her ^(be)will go unpunished.
³⁰ People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to ^(bf)satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
³¹ but ^(bg)if he is caught, he will pay ^(bh)sevenfold;
    he will give all the goods of his house.
³² He who commits adultery lacks sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.
³³ He will get wounds and dishonor,
    and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
³⁴ For ^(bi)jealousy makes a man furious,
    and he will not spare when ^(bj)he takes revenge.
³⁵ He will accept no compensation;
    he will refuse though you multiply gifts.