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Proverbs 6

35 aligned verses; 35 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
My son , if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
My son ! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand ,
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth .
Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth ,
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself , when thou art come into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend .
Do this now, my son, and be delivered , For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend . Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend ,
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids .
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids ,
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways , and be wise :
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise ;
Which having no guide , overseer, or ruler,
Which hath not captain , overseer, and ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer , and gathereth her food in the harvest.
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food .
How long wilt thou sleep , O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Till when , O slothful one, dost thou lie ? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth , and thy want as an armed man.
And thy poverty hath come as a traveller , And thy want as an armed man.
A naughty person , a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth .
A man of worthlessness , a man of iniquity , Walking ` with ' perverseness of mouth ,
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers ;
Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers ,
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord .
Frowardness ` is ' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth .
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy .
Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity , Instantly he is broken -- and no healing .
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven ` are ' abominations to His soul.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood ,
Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --
A false witness that speaketh lies , and he that soweth discord among brethren.
A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.
My son, keep thy father's commandment , and forsake not the law of thy mother :
Keep, my son, the command of thy father , And leave not the law of thy mother .
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Bind them on thy heart continually , Tie them on thy neck.
When thou goest , it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest , it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
In thy going up and down , it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee , And thou hast awaked -- it talketh ` with ' thee.
For the commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life :
For a lamp `is' the command, And the law a light , And a way of life `are' reproofs of instruction,
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart ; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Desire not her beauty in thy heart , And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and the adultress will hunt for the precious life .
For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread , And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth .
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?
Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt ?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ?
Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched ?
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife ; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry ;
They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry ,
But if he be found , he shall restore sevenfold ; he shall give all the substance of his house.
And being found he repayeth sevenfold , All the substance of his house he giveth .
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
He who committeth adultery ` with ' a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it .
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away .
A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away ,
For jealousy is the rage of a man : therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
For jealousy ` is ' the fury of a man , And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content , though thou givest many gifts.
He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent , Though thou dost multiply bribes!

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