January 27, 2026, Proverbs 6:1-19
January 27, 2026, Proverbs 6:1-19
6 My son,
if you have put up security for your neighbor,
have given
your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth,
caught
in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you
have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go,
hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
4 Give your eyes no sleep
and your
eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the
hunter,
like a
bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go
to the ant, O sluggard;
consider
her ways, and be wise.
7 Without having any chief,
officer,
or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread in summer
and gathers
her food in harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
When
will you arise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a
little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want
like an armed man.
12 A
worthless person, a wicked man,
goes
about with crooked speech,
13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points
with his finger,
14 with perverted heart devises evil,
continually sowing
discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
in a
moment he will be broken beyond healing.
16 There
are six things that the Lord hates,
seven
that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands
that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet
that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one
who sows discord among brothers.
Laziness
and idleness are a disgrace to you, and they dishonor God. I had never thought
of how laziness and idleness impact my relationship with God. Have you given
this much consideration? Perhaps this is something you can pray about today.
Debbie Walker
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