Proverbs 6:12-21 in English

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

¹³ That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

¹⁴ In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

¹² A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

¹³ And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴ His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

¹⁵ Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,—are hateful to God.

¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

²¹ but bind them upon thy soul continually, and hang them as a chain about thy neck.

¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

¹² A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

¹³ And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴ His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

¹⁵ Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —are hateful to God.

¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:

²¹ but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he maketh signs with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief;

¹⁹ A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thine heart, tie them about thy neck.

¹² I will describe for you what worthless and evil people are like. They constantly lie;

¹³ by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal to their friends what they are intending/planning to do.

¹⁴ They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble.

¹⁵ But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them.

¹⁶ There are six, maybe seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. They are:

¹⁷ People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie MTY; people SYN who kill others SYN who have done nothing wrong;

¹⁸ people who plan to do evil deeds; people SYN who run quickly to do wrong things;

¹⁹ people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members.

²⁰ My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you.

²¹ Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be like a beautiful necklace around your neck.

¹² A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good.

¹³ And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴ His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

¹⁵ Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —are hateful to God.

¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:

²¹ but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord amongst brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

¹³ Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;

¹⁴ His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.

¹⁵ For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for him.

¹⁶ Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

¹⁷ Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;

¹⁸ A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;

¹⁹ A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

²¹ Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.

¹² A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

¹³ he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly: in a moment shall he be broken, and without remedy.

¹⁶ These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;

¹⁹ a false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discords among brethren.

²⁰ My son, observe thy father's commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

²¹ bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck:

¹² A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,

¹³ He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

¹⁴ With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

¹⁵ To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.

¹⁶ Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

¹⁹ A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, beep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

¹² Rebellious and wicked people go around telling lies,

¹³ winking slyly, giving sneaky foot gestures, rudely pointing with their fingers.

¹⁴ Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.

¹⁵ As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope of healing.

¹⁶ There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,

¹⁸ a mind that plots evil schemes, feet that hurriedly run to do wrong,

¹⁹ a false witness that speaks lies, those who caused arguments in families.

²⁰ My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.

²¹ Keep them always in mind. Tie them around your neck.

¹² The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers.

¹⁴ Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his destruction come speedily: hee shall be destroyed suddenly without recouerie.

¹⁶ These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:

¹⁷ The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

¹⁹ A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

²⁰ My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

²¹ Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

¹² A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;

¹³ That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil;

¹⁹ A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;

²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck.

¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, Walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, He speaketh with his feet, He teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, He deviseth mischief continually; He soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

¹⁶ These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, Feet that be swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thine heart, And tie them about thy neck.

¹² A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.

¹³ He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall suddenly come his calamity: unawares shalt he be broken without a remedy.

¹⁶ Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit:

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,

¹⁹ A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.

²⁰ Keep, O my son, the commandment of thy father, and reject not the teaching of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them upon thy heart continually, tie them about thy throat.

¹² A foolish man and a transgressor Goes in ways that are not good.

¹³ And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, And teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴ His perverse heart devises evils: At all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

¹⁵ Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; Overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, And he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, Hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸ And a heart devising evil thoughts, And feet hastening to do evil—are hateful to God.

¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, And brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the laws of thy father, And reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

²¹ But bind them upon thy soul continually, And hang them as a chain about thy neck.

¹² A worthless wretch is the unrighteous man, Who walketh with a deceitful mouth;

¹³ Who winketh with his eyes, Speaketh with his feet, And teacheth with his fingers.

¹⁴ Fraud is in his heart; He deviseth mischief continually; He scattereth contentions.

¹⁵ Therefore shall calamity come upon him suddenly; In a moment shall he be destroyed, and that without remedy;

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate; Yea, seven are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ Lofty eyes, a false tongue, And hands which shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ A heart that contriveth wicked devices; Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness, that uttereth lies, And him that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ Keep, O my son! the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the precepts of thy mother!

²¹ Bind them continually to thy heart, Tie them around thy neck!

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which Adonai hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s mitzvah ·instruction·, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A worthless person—a wicked man— lives by the crookedness of his speech,

¹³ winking his eyes, making signals with his feet and pointing with his fingers.

¹⁴ He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he always stirs up discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his disaster will overtake him in an instant; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

¹⁶ There are six things that Yahweh hates, seven that are disgusting to him.

¹⁷ The eyes of a proud person, a tongue that lies, hands that shed the blood of innocent people,

¹⁸ a heart that invents wicked schemes, feet that quickly run to do evil,

¹⁹ a witness who breathes out lies and one who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, obey the command of your father and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.

²¹ Always bind them on your heart; tie them about your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord amongst brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

¹³ He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

¹⁸ A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²¹ Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers,

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

¹⁵ Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

¹⁶ There are six things which the LORD hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

¹⁷ arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord amongst brothers.

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching.

²¹ Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

¹² A man apostate, is a man unprofit-able, he goeth with a wayward mouth;

¹³ he beckoneth with eyes, he trampeth with the foot, he speaketh with the finger,

¹⁴ by shrewd heart he imagineth evil, and in all time he soweth dissensions.

¹⁵ His perdition shall come to him anon, and he shall be broken suddenly; and he shall no more have medicine.

¹⁶ Six things there be, which the Lord hateth; and his soul curseth the seventh thing.

¹⁷ High eyes, a tongue liar, that is, accustomable to deadly leasing, hands shedding out innocent blood,

¹⁸ an heart imagining full wicked thoughts, feet swift to run into evil,

¹⁹ a man bringing forth leasing, a false witness; and him that soweth discord among brethren.

²⁰ My son, keep the commandments of thy father; and forsake thou not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind thou those continually in thine heart; and encompass to thy throat.

¹² A man apostate, is a man unprofitable, he goeth with a wayward mouth;

¹³ he beckoneth with (the) eyes, he trampeth with the foot, he speaketh with the finger,

¹⁴ by shrewd heart he imagineth evil, and in all time he soweth dissensions. (with a depraved heart he imagineth all kinds of evil, and at all times he soweth discord.)

¹⁵ His perdition shall come to him anon, and he shall be broken suddenly; and he shall no more have medicine. (His perdition shall come upon him at once, and suddenly he shall be broken; and then he shall be without any remedy.)

¹⁶ Six things there be, which the Lord hateth; and his soul curseth the seventh thing.

¹⁷ High eyes, a tongue liar, that is, accustomable to deadly leasing, (or a lying tongue, that is, one accustomed to deadly lies), hands shedding out innocent blood,

¹⁸ an heart imagining full wicked thoughts, feet swift to run into evil (or feet quick to run to evil),

¹⁹ a man bringing forth leasing, a false witness; and him that soweth discord among brethren. (a liar, that is, a false witness; and he who soweth discord among brothers, or among friends.)

²⁰ My son, keep the commandments of thy father; and forsake thou not the law of thy mother. (My son, obey thy father’s commands; and do not thou abandon thy mother’s instructions.)

²¹ Bind thou those continually in thine heart; and encompass to thy throat. (Bind thou them continually to thy heart; and tie them about thy neck.)

¹² A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,

¹³ Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

¹⁵ Therefore suddenly cometh his calamity, Instantly he is broken — and no healing.

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

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

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

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

²⁰ Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

²¹ Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.