7. It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,
8. yet it prepares its food in the summer;it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.
9. How long, you sluggard, will you lie there?When will you rise from your sleep?
10. A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to relax,
11. and your poverty will come like a robber,and your need like an armed man.
12. A worthless and wicked personwalks around saying perverse things;
13. he winks with his eyes,signals with his feet,and points with his fingers;
14. he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart,he spreads contention at all times.
15. Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly;in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.
16. There are six things that the Lord hates,even seven things that are an abomination to him:
17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue,and hands that shed innocent blood,
18. a heart that devises wicked plans,feet that are swift to run to evil,
19. a false witness who pours out lies,and a person who spreads discord among family members.
20. My child, guard the commands of your fatherand do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21. Bind them on your heart continually;fasten them around your neck.
22. When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you;when you wake up, they will talk to you.
23. For the commandments are like a lamp,instruction is like a light,and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,
24. by keeping you from the evil woman,from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.