Proverbs 6:20-21

²⁰Conserva, fili mi, praecepta patris tuiet ne reicias legem matris tuae;

²¹liga ea in corde tuo iugiteret circumda gutturi tuo.

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