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Proverbs 6

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