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The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 6
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger, |
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Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words. |
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Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend: |
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Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber. |
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Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
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Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom: |
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Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, |
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Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
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Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep: |
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And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee. |
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A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth, |
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He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger. |
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With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord. |
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To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy. |
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Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth: |
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, |
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A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief, |
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A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. |
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My son, keep the commandments of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother. |
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Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck. |
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When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee, and when thou awakest, talk with them. |
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Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
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That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. |
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Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks: |
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For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man. |
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Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn? |
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Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? |
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her. |
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The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul: |
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And if he be taken, he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house. |
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But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul: |
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He gathereth to himself shame and dishonour, and his reproach shall not be blotted out: |
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Because the jealousy and rage of the husband will not spare in the day of revenge, |
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Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts. |
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