Verse 14
Proverbs 6:14
World English Bible, British Edition
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in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת בְּ/לִבּ֗/וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּ/כָל עֵ֑ת מדנים מִדְיָנִ֥ים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ
English Translation
He who plots evil in his heart sends out strife at all times.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbour,
if you have struck your hands in pledge fo...
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you are trapped by the words of your mouth;
you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbour.
Go,...
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Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard.
Consider her ways, and be wise;
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which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
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provides her bread in the summer,
and gathers her food in the harvest.
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How long will you sleep, sluggard?
When will you arise out of your sleep?
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A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep—
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so your poverty will come as a robber,
and your scarcity as an armed man.
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A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
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who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet,
who motions with his fingers,
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in whose heart is perverseness,
who devises evil continually,
who always sows discord.
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Therefore his calamity will come suddenly.
He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
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There are six things which the LORD hates;
yes, seven which are an abomination to him:
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arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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a false witness who utters lies,
and he who sows discord amongst brothers.
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My son, keep your father’s commandment,
and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Bind them continually on your heart.
Tie them around your neck.
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When you walk, it will lead you.
When you sleep, it will watch over you.
When you awake, it will tal...
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For the commandment is a lamp,
and the law is light.
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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to keep you from the immoral woman,
from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
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Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
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For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
and his clothes not be burnt?
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Or can one walk on hot coals,
and his feet not be scorched?
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So is he who goes in to his neighbour’s wife.
Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
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Men don’t despise a thief
if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
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but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
He shall give all the wealth of his house.
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He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
He who does it destroys his own soul.
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He will get wounds and dishonour.
His reproach will not be wiped away.
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For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
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He won’t regard any ransom,
neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.
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