English Revised Version

Proverbs 6:8-23 English Revised Version (ERV)

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

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

10. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11. So shall thy poverty come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

12. A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;

13. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;

14. Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.

16. There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

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

18. An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;

19. A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

20. My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

21. Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.

22. When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: