10. You sleep a little; you take a nap.You fold your hands and rest.
11. So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed.You will have as little as if you had been held up.
12. Some people are wicked and no good.They go around telling lies.
13. They wink with their eyes and signal with their feet.They make signs with their fingers.
14. They make evil plans in their hearts.They are always causing trouble.
15. So trouble will strike them in an instant.Suddenly they will be hurt beyond cure.
16. There are six things the Lord hates.There are seven things he cannot stand:
17. a proud look,a lying tongue,hands that kill innocent people,
18. a mind that thinks up evil plans,feet that are quick to do evil,
19. a witness who tells liesand a man who causes trouble among brothers.
20. My son, keep your father’s commands.Don’t forget your mother’s teaching.
21. Remember their words forever.Let it be as if they were tied around your neck.
22. They will guide you when you walk.They will guard you while you sleep.They will speak to you when you are awake.
23. Their commands are like a lamp.Their teaching is like a light.And the correction that comes from themhelps you have life.
24. Such teaching will keep you from sinful womenand from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.
25. Don’t want her because she is beautiful.Don’t let her capture you by the way she looks at you.
26. A prostitute may leave you with only a loaf of bread.And a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life.
27. You cannot carry hot coals against your chestwithout burning your clothes.