188 lines
3.2 KiB
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188 lines
3.2 KiB
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Lessons for Daily Life
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# Chapter 6
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1. My child, if you have put up security for a friend's debt
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or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger--
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2. if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
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and are caught by what you said--
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3. follow my advice and save yourself,
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for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy.
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Now swallow your pride;
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go and beg to have your name erased.
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4. Don't put it off; do it now!
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Don't rest until you do.
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5. Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
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like a bird fleeing from a net.
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6. Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.
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Learn from their ways and become wise!
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7. Though they have no prince
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or governor or ruler to make them work,
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8. they labor hard all summer,
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gathering food for the winter.
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9. But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?
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When will you wake up?
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10. A little extra sleep, a little more slumber,
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a little folding of the hands to rest--
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11. then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit;
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scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.
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12. What are worthless and wicked people like?
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They are constant liars,
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13. signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,
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a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.
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14. Their perverted hearts plot evil,
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and they constantly stir up trouble.
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15. But they will be destroyed suddenly,
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broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.
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16. There are six things the LORD hates--
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no, seven things he detests:
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17. haughty eyes,
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a lying tongue,
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hands that kill the innocent,
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18. a heart that plots evil,
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feet that race to do wrong,
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19. a false witness who pours out lies,
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a person who sows discord in a family.
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20. My son, obey your father's commands,
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and don't neglect your mother's instruction.
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21. Keep their words always in your heart.
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Tie them around your neck.
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22. When you walk, their counsel will lead you.
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When you sleep, they will protect you.
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When you wake up, they will advise you.
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23. For their command is a lamp
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and their instruction a light;
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their corrective discipline
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is the way to life.
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24. It will keep you from the immoral woman,
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from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
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25. Don't lust for her beauty.
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Don't let her coy glances seduce you.
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26. For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,
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but sleeping with another man's wife will cost you your life.
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27. Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
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and not have his clothes catch on fire?
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28. Can he walk on hot coals
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and not blister his feet?
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29. So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife.
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He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
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30. Excuses might be found for a thief
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who steals because he is starving.
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31. But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,
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even if he has to sell everything in his house.
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32. But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
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for he destroys himself.
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33. He will be wounded and disgraced.
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His shame will never be erased.
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34. For the woman's jealous husband will be furious,
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and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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35. He will accept no compensation,
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nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.
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