Pro 6:1-19 | ESV | STEP | My son , if you have put up security for your neighbor , have given your pledge for a stranger ,

1 My son, if you have put up ^asecurity for your neighbor,
have ^bgiven your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you are ^csnared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten, ^{▼▼Or humble yourself} and ^eplead urgently with your neighbor.
4 ^fGive your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks of the hunter}
^hlike a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 ⁱGo to ^jthe ant, O ^ksluggard;
consider her ways, and ^lbe wise.
7 ^mWithout having any chief,
ⁿofficer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread ^oin summer
and ^pgathers her food in harvest.
9 ^qHow long will you lie there, ^rO sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 ^sA little sleep, a little slumber,
^ta little ^ufolding of the hands to rest,
11 ^vand poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
12 ^wA worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about with ^xcrooked speech,
13 ^ywinks with his eyes, signals ^{▼▼Hebrew scrapes} with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 with ^aaperverted heart ^abdevises evil,
continually ^acsowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
^adin a moment he will be broken ^aebeyond healing.
16 There are ^afsix things that the Lord hates,
^agseven that are an abomination to him:
17 ^ahhaughty eyes, ^aia lying tongue,
and ^ajhands that shed innocent blood,
18 ^aka heart that devises wicked plans,
^alfeet that make haste to run to evil,
19 ^ama false witness who ^anbreathes out lies,
and one who ^aosows discord among brothers.