Reading For Today... Proverbs 6:16-35

Proverbs 6:16-35 16

There are six things which the LORD hates, seven which are an abomination to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

18 18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,

19 19a false witness who breathes out lies, and a man who sows discord among brothers.

20 My son, keep your father’s commandment, and forsake not your mother’s teaching.

21 Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.

22 When you walk, theywill lead you; when you lie down, theywill watch over you; and when you awake, theywill talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

26 for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteressstalks a man’s very life.

27 Can a man carry fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?

28 28Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?

29 29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

30 Men do not despisea thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry.

31 And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

32 32He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

33 Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

35 He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.