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73 lines
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# Chapter 6
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1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
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have given your pledge for a stranger,
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2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth,
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caught in the words of your mouth,
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3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
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for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
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go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor.
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4 Give your eyes no sleep
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and your eyelids no slumber;
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5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
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like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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6 Go to the ant, O sluggard;
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consider her ways, and be wise.
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7 Without having any chief,
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officer, or ruler,
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8 she prepares her bread in summer
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and gathers her food in harvest.
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9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard?
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When will you arise from your sleep?
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10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
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a little folding of the hands to rest,
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11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
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and want like an armed man.
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12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
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goes about with crooked speech,
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13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
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points with his finger,
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14 with perverted heart devises evil,
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continually sowing discord;
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15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
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in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
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16 There are six things that the Lord hates,
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seven that are an abomination to him:
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17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
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and hands that shed innocent blood,
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18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
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feet that make haste to run to evil,
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19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
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and one who sows discord among brothers.
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20 My son, keep your father's commandment,
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and forsake not your mother's teaching.
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21 Bind them on your heart always;
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tie them around your neck.
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22 When you walk, they will lead you;
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when you lie down, they will watch over you;
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and when you awake, they will talk with you.
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23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
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and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
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24 to preserve you from the evil woman,
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from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
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and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
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26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,
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but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
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27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest
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and his clothes not be burned?
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28 Or can one walk on hot coals
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and his feet not be scorched?
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29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
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none who touches her will go unpunished.
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30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
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to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
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31 but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold;
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he will give all the goods of his house.
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32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
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he who does it destroys himself.
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33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
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and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
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34 For jealousy makes a man furious,
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and he will not spare when he takes revenge.
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35 He will accept no compensation;
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he will refuse though you multiply gifts. |