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Moff PROV Chapter 6

◄ PROV 6 ► ║ ═ ©

My son, if you have gone bail for your fellow,

and given your pledge for someone else,

if you have snared yourself with your own words,

and trapped yourself by promises,

then do this, my son--release yourself,

for you are in your fellow’s power;

be quick, beseech your fellow,

close not an eye,

let not your eyelids slumber,

but free yourself like a roe from the snare,

like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Go to the ant, you sluggard,

look at her ways, learn sense;

for she has no leader,

no foreman or chief,

yet in the summer she provides her food,

and gathers during harvest-days.

You sluggard, how long will you sleep?

When will you rise from your slumber?

‘Let me sleep for a little, a little!

let me fold my hands for a little, to rest?’--

yes, and poverty will pounce on you,

want will overpower you.

A rascal, a knave--

he works with falsehood on his lips,

he winks with his eyes and scrapes with his feet,

he signs with his fingers,

his mind is ever planning mischief,

he is always sowing discord;

so doom shall strike him suddenly,

suddenly, hopelessly, shall he be broken.

Six things the Eternal hates,

ay, seven he loathes:

haughty eyes, a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,

a mind with crafty plans,

feet eager to go mischief-making,

a false witness who tells lies,

and him who sows discord within his group.

My son, do your father’s bidding,

and reject not your mother’s directions;

fix them ever in your mind,

tie them fast round your neck;

for their bidding will throw light upon your life,

their directions will enlighten you,

and to be trained thus is the way to live.

Wisdom, when you walk, will guide you,

when you rest, she will take care of you,

when you wake up, she will talk to you--

keeping you clear of the married woman,

safe from the wiles of a loose woman’s tongue;

let not your heart long for her beauty,

let not her glances captivate you;

for the harlot is only out to earn a meal,

but the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Can a man take fire in his lap

without burning his clothes?

Can anyone walk upon hot coals

without scorching his feet?

So with him who goes in to a neighbour’s wife:

none who touches her shall go unpunished.

Men do not let off a thief,

even if he steals to satisfy his hunger;

if he is caught, he has to pay for it seven times over,

to give all his house contains.

But an adulterer is devoid of sense,

he ruins himself by what he does,

he is whipped, he is disgraced,

there is no wiping away his dishonour;

for jealousy rouses a husband to fury,

he has no mercy when he takes revenge,

no money buys him off,

he will not be satisfied, for all you offer.

◄ PROV 6 ► ║ ═ ©

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