Proverbs 6:6

6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; ¹ 

observe its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 7:1

Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress ² 

7:1 My child, ³  keep my words

and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. ⁴ 

[6:6]  ¹ sn The sluggard (עָצֵל, ’atsel) is the lazy or sluggish person (cf. NCV “lazy person”; NRSV, NLT “lazybones”).

[7:1]  ² sn The chapter begins with the important teaching of the father (1-5), then it focuses on the seduction: first of the victim (6-9), then the temptress (10-12), then the seduction (13-20), and the capitulation (21-23); the chapter concludes with the deadly results of consorting (24-27).

[7:1]  ³ tn Heb “my son.”

[7:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “within you” (so NASB, NIV); KJV, ASV, NRSV “with you.” BDB 860 s.v. צָפַן Qal.1 suggests that “within you” means “in your own keeping.”