Proverbs 6:7-16

⁷She hath no governor, Nor overseer, nor ruler;

⁸Yet she prepareth in the summer her food, She gathereth in the harvest her meat.

⁹How long wilt thou lie in bed, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise from thy sleep?

¹⁰“A little sleep,—a little slumber,—A little folding of the hands to rest:”

¹¹So shall thy poverty come upon thee like a robber, Yea, thy want, as an armed man!

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

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

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

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

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