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| 6:1 |
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
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| 6:2 |
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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| 6:3 |
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
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| 6:4 |
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
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| 6:5 |
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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| 6:6 |
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
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| 6:7 |
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
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| 6:8 |
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
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| 6:9 |
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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| 6:10 |
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
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| 6:11 |
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
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| 6:12 |
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
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| 6:13 |
That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;
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| 6:14 |
In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
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| 6:15 |
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
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| 6:16 |
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
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| 6:17 |
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
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| 6:18 |
A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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| 6:19 |
A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
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| 6:20 |
My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
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| 6:21 |
Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
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| 6:22 |
When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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| 6:23 |
For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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| 6:24 |
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
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| 6:25 |
Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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| 6:26 |
For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
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| 6:27 |
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
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| 6:28 |
Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
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| 6:29 |
So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
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| 6:30 |
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
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| 6:31 |
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.
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| 6:32 |
He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
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| 6:33 |
Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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| 6:34 |
For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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| 6:35 |
He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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