Proverbs 6:16-19

¹⁶These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.d

¹⁷Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —e

¹⁸A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —f

¹⁹A false witness [who] doth breathe out lies — And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

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

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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, Philemon 1:18-19, Hebrews 7:22
b: v.2 — Proverbs 18:7, Proverbs 12:13
c: v.6 — Proverbs 20:4, Proverbs 18:9, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 13:4, Hebrews 6:12, Matthew 25:26, Proverbs 30:25, Romans 12:11, Proverbs 26:13-16, Proverbs 19:15
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, Romans 3:15, Jeremiah 4:14, Zechariah 8:17, Isaiah 59:7, Micah 2:1, Proverbs 24:8
g: v.23 — Psalms 119:105, 2 Peter 1:19, Psalms 19:8, Proverbs 15:31, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 4:4, Jeremiah 21:8, Psalms 141:5, Proverbs 15:24, Proverbs 29:15
h: v.31 — Luke 19:8, Job 20:18, Exodus 22:1-4, 2 Samuel 12:6, Matthew 18:25

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