Proverbs 6 - Coverdale Miles 1535  Bible

¹ My sone, yf thou be suertie for yi neghboure, thou hast fastened thine hode wt another ma:

² yee thou art boude with thine owne wordes, and taken wt thine owne speach.

³ Therfore (my sonne) do this, discharge thy self, for thou art come i to yi neghbours daunger. Go thy waye then soone,

⁴ let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.

⁵ Saue thy self as a doo fro ye honde,

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes,

⁷ She hath no gyde, no teacher, no leder:

⁸ yet in the sommer she prouideth hir meate,

⁹ How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe?

¹⁰ Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:

¹¹ so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye,

¹² A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth:

¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth wt his fete, he poynteth wt his fyngers,

¹⁴ he is euer ymageninge myschefe

¹⁵ Therfore shal his destruccion come hastely vpo him, sodenly shal he be all tobroken, and not be healed.

¹⁶ There be sixe thinges, which the LORDE hateth,

¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, hades that shed innocent bloude,

¹⁸ an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe,

¹⁹ a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes,

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes,

²¹ Put the vp together in thine herte, and bynde the aboute thy necke.

²² That they maye lede the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art aslepe,

²³ (For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a light: yee chastenynge

²⁴ that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman,

²⁵ yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte,

²⁶ An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.

²⁷ Maye a man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent?

²⁸ Or can one go vpon hote coales, and his fete not be hurte?

²⁹ Euen so, who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife, and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

³⁰ Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie:

³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch, or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house.

³² But who so comitteth aduoutrie with a woma, he is a foole, and bryngeth his life to destruccion.

³³ He getteth him self also shame

³⁴ For the gelousy

³⁵ no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.