Proverbs 6

Great^{(i) 1} My sonne yf thou be suertye for thy neyghboure, and hast fastened thyne hand for another man, ² thou art bounde wt thyne awne wordes, and taken with thine awne speache. ³ Therfore, my sonne, do thys & thou shalt be discharged: when thou art come into thy neighbours daunger. Goo thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour: ⁴ let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thyne eye lyddes slomber. ⁵ Saue thy selfe as a doo from the hande of the huntre, & as a byrde from the hande of the fouler. ⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slougard) consydre herwayes, & lerne to be wyse. ⁷ She hath no guyde, no ouersear nor ruler: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her fode to gether in the haruest. ⁹ Howe longe wylt thou slepe, thou slougysh man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yee slepe on styll a lytle, slomber a lytle, foulde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouertye come vnto the as on that trauayleth by the waye, & necessytelke a weapened man. ¹² An vngodly person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth ¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with hys fete, he poynteth with hys fyngers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymagenynge myschefe, and frowardnesse in hys herte, & causeth discorde. ¹⁵ Therfore shall hys destruccyon come hastly vpon him, sodenly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed. ¹⁶ These syxe thynges doth the Lord hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude looke a lyinge tonge, handes that shed innocent bloude, ¹⁸ an herte that goeth aboute wyth wycked ymaginacyons fete that be swyfte in rennynge to do myschefe, ¹⁹ a false wytnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and soche one as soweth discorde amonge brethren. ²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother. ²¹ Put them vp together in thyne herte, and bynde them aboute thy neck. ²² That they may leade the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art a slepe, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of them. ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe ²⁴ that they may kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flatteryng tonge of the harlote: ²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thyne herte, and lest thou be taken with her fayre lookes. ²⁶ An harlot wyll make a man to begge his bread, and a woman wyll hunt for the precyous lyfe. ²⁷ Maye a man take fyre in hys bosome and hys clothes not be brent? ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hote coales, and hys fete not be hurte? ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into his neyghbours wyfe, and toucheth her, cannot be vngylty. ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satisfye hys soule, when he is hungry: ³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as moche, or els he maketh recompense with all the good of hys house. ³² But whoso committeth aduoutry with a woman, he is a foole and bryngeth his lyfe to destruction. ³³ He getteth hym selfe also shame and dishonour, soche as shall neuer be put out. ³⁴ For the gelousy and wrath of the man wyll not be intreated, ³⁵ no though thou woldest offre him great gyftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.