Proverbs:6:1-19
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My son ,
if you become surety for your friend ,
If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger ,
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You are snared by the words of your mouth ;
You are taken by the words of your mouth .
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So do this ,
my son ,
and deliver yourself ;
For you have come into the hand of your friend :
Go and humble yourself ;
Plead with your friend .
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Give no sleep to your eyes ,
Nor slumber to your eyelids .
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Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter ,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler .
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Go to the ant ,
you sluggard !
Consider her ways and be wise ,
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Which ,
having no captain ,
Overseer or ruler ,
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Provides her supplies in the summer ,
And gathers her food in the harvest .
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How long will you slumber ,
O sluggard ?
When will you rise from your sleep ?
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A little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
A little folding of the hands to sleep --
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So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler ,
And your need like an armed man .
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A worthless person ,
a wicked man ,
Walks with a perverse mouth ;
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He winks with his eyes ,
He shuffles his feet ,
He points with his fingers ;
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Perversity is in his heart ,
He devises evil continually ,
He sows discord .
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Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly ;
Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy .
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These six things the LORD hates ,
Yes ,
seven are an abomination to Him :
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A proud look ,
A lying tongue ,
Hands that shed innocent blood ,
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A heart that devises wicked plans ,
Feet that are swift in running to evil ,
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A false witness who speaks lies ,
And one who sows discord among brethren .
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