Proverbs 6:12-19

¹²Ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς·

¹³ὁ δ᾿ αὐτὸς ἐννεύει ὀφθαλμῷ, σημαίνει δὲ ποδί, διδάσκει δὲ ἐννεύμασι δακτύλων.

¹⁴διεστραμμένῃ καρδίᾳ τεκταίνεται κακά, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησι πόλει.

¹⁵διὰ τοῦτο ἐξαπίνης ἔρχεται ἡ ἀπώλεια αὐτοῦ, διακοπὴ καὶ συντριβὴ ἀνίατος·

¹⁶ὅτι χαίρει πᾶσιν, οἷς μισεῖ ὁ Θεός, συντρίβεται δὲ δι᾿ ἀκαθαρσίαν ψυχῆς.d

¹⁷ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ, γλῶσσα ἄδικος, χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίουe

¹⁸καὶ καρδία τεκταινομένη λογισμοὺς κακοὺς καὶ πόδες ἐπισπεύδοντες κακοποιεῖν.f

¹⁹ἐκκαίει ψεύδη μάρτυς ἄδικος καὶ ἐπιπέμπει κρίσεις ἀνὰ μέσον ἀδελφῶν.

Proverbs 6 is a father’s urgent warning to his son about the snares that destroy life: financial foolishness, laziness, deceit, and above all, adultery. The chapter moves from practical counsel on cosigning loans to a vivid personification of the sluggard, then pivots sharply to a b

References· Proverbs 6

a: v.1 — Proverbs 22:26, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 20:16, Genesis 44:32-33, Genesis 43:9, Job 17:3, Proverbs 27:13
b: v.2 — Proverbs 18:7, Proverbs 12:13
c: v.6 — Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 18:9, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 30:25, Proverbs 26:13-16, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 22:13, Job 12:7-8
d: v.16 — Psalms 11:5, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 11:20, Deuteronomy 25:16, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 11:1, Deuteronomy 24:4, Proverbs 15:8-9, Amos 1:6
e: v.17 — Psalms 120:2-3, Proverbs 12:22, Psalms 101:5, Isaiah 1:15, Psalms 5:6, Deuteronomy 27:25, Proverbs 21:4, Proverbs 26:28, Isaiah 3:9, Hosea 4:1-2
f: v.18 — Genesis 6:5, Proverbs 1:16, Psalms 36:4, Jeremiah 4:14, Zechariah 8:17, Isaiah 59:7, Micah 2:1, Proverbs 24:8
g: v.23 — Psalms 119:105, Psalms 19:8, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 4:4, Jeremiah 21:8, Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 29:15, Psalms 119:98-100

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