Proverbs 6:4-18

1. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

2. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

3. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

4. 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

5. 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

6. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

7. 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

8. 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

9. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

10. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

11. 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

12. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

13. 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

14. 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

15. 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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