Proverbs 6:13-26

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²²They will lead you as you walk along; they will watch over you as you sleep; when you wake up they will talk with you.

²³For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from discipline is the way to life.

²⁴It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.

²⁵Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.

²⁶You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can cost you your life.