Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Proverbs 6:7-18 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

7. Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

8. Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?

10. Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

11. And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

12. A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,

13. He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

14. With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

15. To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

16. Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:

17. Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

18. A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,