Proverbs:6

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* My son , if thou hast become surety for thy friend , if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger , * thou art snared with the words of thy mouth , thou art taken with the words of thy mouth . * Do this now , my son , and deliver thyself , since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend : go , humble thyself , and be urgent with thy friend . * Give not sleep to thine eyes , nor slumber to thine eyelids : * deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter ], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler . * Go to the ant , thou sluggard ; consider her ways and be wise : * which having no chief , overseer , or ruler , * provideth her bread in the summer , [and ] gathereth her food in the harvest . * How long , sluggard , wilt thou lie down ? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? * A little sleep , a little slumber , a little folding of the hands to rest ! * So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer , and thy penury as an armed man . * A man of Belial , a wicked person , is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth ; * he winketh with his eyes , he speaketh with his feet , he teacheth with his fingers ; * deceits are in his heart ; he deviseth mischief at all times , he soweth discords . * Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly : in a moment shall he be broken , and without remedy . * These six [things ] doth Jehovah hate , yea , seven are an abomination unto him : * haughty eyes , a lying tongue , and hands that shed innocent blood ; * a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations ; feet that are swift in running to mischief ; * a false witness that uttereth lies , and he that soweth discords among brethren . * My son , observe thy father 's commandment , and forsake not the teaching of thy mother ; * bind them continually upon thy heart , tie them about thy neck : * when thou walkest , it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest , it shall keep thee ; and [when ] thou awakest , it shall talk with thee . * For the commandment is a lamp , and the teaching a light , and reproofs of instruction are the way of life : * to keep thee from the evil woman , from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman . * Lust not after her beauty in thy heart , neither let her take thee with her eyelids ; * for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought ] to a loaf of bread , and another 's wife doth hunt for the precious soul . * Can a man take fire in his bosom , and his garments not be burned ? * Can one go upon hot coals , and his feet not be scorched ? * So he that goeth in to his neighbour 's wife : whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent . * They do not despise a thief , if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry : * and if he be found , he shall restore sevenfold ; he shall give all the substance of his house . * Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding : he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul . * A wound and contempt shall he get ; and his reproach shall not be wiped away . * For jealousy is the rage of a man , and he will not spare in the day of vengeance ; * he will not regard any ransom , neither will he rest content though thou multipliest [thy ] gifts .

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