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130 lines
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Financial Entanglements
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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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or entered into an agreement with a stranger,
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2. you have been snared by the words of your mouth--
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trapped by the words from your mouth.
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3. Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
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for you have put yourself in your neighbor's power:
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Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
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4. Don't give sleep to your eyes
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or slumber to your eyelids.
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5. Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
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like a bird from a hunter's trap.
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Laziness
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6. Go to the ant, you slacker!
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Observe its ways and become wise.
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7. Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
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8. it prepares its provisions in summer;
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it gathers its food during harvest.
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9. How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
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When will you get up from your sleep?
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10. A little sleep, a little slumber,
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a little folding of the arms to rest,
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11. and your poverty will come like a robber,
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your need, like a bandit.
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The Malicious Man
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12. A worthless person, a wicked man
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goes around speaking dishonestly,
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13. winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,
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and gesturing with his fingers.
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14. He always plots evil with perversity in his heart;
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he stirs up trouble.
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15. Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;
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he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.
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What the Lord Hates
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16. The Lord hates six things;
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in fact, seven are detestable to him:
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17. arrogant eyes,
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a lying tongue,
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hands that shed innocent blood,
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18. a heart that plots wicked schemes,
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feet eager to run to evil,
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19. a lying witness who gives false testimony,
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and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.
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Warning against Adultery
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20. My son, keep your father's command,
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and don't reject your mother's teaching.
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21. Always bind them to your heart;
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tie them around your neck.
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22. When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
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when you lie down, they will watch over you;
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when you wake up, they will talk to you.
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23. For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
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and corrective discipline
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is the way to life.
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24. They will protect you from an evil woman,
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from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.
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25. Don't lust in your heart for her beauty
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or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
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26. For a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread,
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but the wife of another man goes after a precious life.
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27. Can a man embrace fire
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and his clothes not be burned?
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28. Can a man walk on burning coals
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without scorching his feet?
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29. So it is with the one who sleeps with
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another man's wife;
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no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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30. People don't despise the thief if he steals
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to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
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31. Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;
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he must give up all the wealth in his house.
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32. The one who commits adultery lacks sense;
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whoever does so destroys himself.
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33. He will get a beating and dishonor,
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and his disgrace will never be removed.
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34. For jealousy enrages a husband,
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and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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35. He will not be appeased by anything
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or be persuaded by lavish bribes.
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