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# Chapter 6
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1. My son, if you become surety for your friend,
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If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
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2. You are snared by the words of your mouth;
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You are taken by the words of your mouth.
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3. So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
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For you have come into the hand of your friend:
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Go and humble yourself;
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Plead with your friend.
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4. Give no sleep to your eyes,
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Nor slumber to your eyelids.
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5. Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
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And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.The Folly of Indolence
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6. Go to the ant, you sluggard!
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Consider her ways and be wise,
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7. Which, having no captain,
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Overseer or ruler,
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8. Provides her supplies in the summer,
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And gathers her food in the harvest.
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9. How long will you slumber, O sluggard?
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When will you rise 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 sleep--
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11. So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
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And your need like an armed man.The Wicked Man
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12. A worthless person, a wicked man,
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Walks with a perverse mouth;
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13. He winks with his eyes,
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He shuffles his feet,
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He points with his fingers;
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14. Perversity is in his heart,
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He devises evil continually,
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He sows discord.
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15. Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly;
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Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.
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16. These six things the Lord hates,
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Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
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17. A proud look,
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A lying tongue,
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Hands that shed innocent blood,
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18. A heart that devises wicked plans,
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Feet that are swift in running to evil,
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19. A false witness who speaks lies,
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And one who sows discord among brethren.Beware of Adultery
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20. My son, keep your father's command,
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And do not forsake the law of your mother.
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21. Bind them continually upon your heart;
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Tie them around your neck.
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22. When you roam, they will lead you;
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When you sleep, they will keep you;
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And when you awake, they will speak with you.
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23. For the commandment is a lamp,
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And the law a light;
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Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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24. To keep you from the evil woman,
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From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
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25. Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
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Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
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26. For by means of a harlot
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A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
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And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
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27. Can a man take fire to his bosom,
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And his clothes not be burned?
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28. Can one walk on hot coals,
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And his feet not be seared?
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29. So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
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Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
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30. People do not despise a thief
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If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
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31. Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold;
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He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
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32. Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding;
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He who does so destroys his own soul.
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33. Wounds and dishonor he will get,
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And his reproach will not be wiped away.
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34. For jealousy is a husband's fury;
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Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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35. He will accept no recompense,
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Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.
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