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My son ,
if you have become collateral for your neighbor ,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger ;
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You are trapped by the words of your mouth .
You are ensnared with the words of your mouth .
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Do this now ,
my son ,
and deliver yourself ,
since you have come into the hand of your neighbor .
Go ,
humble yourself .
Press your plea with your neighbor .
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Give no sleep to your eyes ,
nor slumber to your eyelids .
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Free yourself ,
like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter ,
like a bird from the snare 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 chief ,
overseer ,
or ruler ,
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provides her bread in the summer ,
and gathers her food in the harvest .
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How long will you sleep ,
sluggard ?
When will you arise out of 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 your poverty will come as a robber ,
and your scarcity as an armed man .
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A worthless person ,
a man of iniquity ,
is he who walks with a perverse mouth ;
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who winks with his eyes ,
who signals with his feet ,
who motions with his fingers ;
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in whose heart is perverseness ,
who devises evil continually ,
who always sows discord .
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Therefore his calamity will come suddenly .
He will be broken suddenly ,
and that without remedy .
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There are six things which Yahweh hates ;
yes ,
seven which are an abomination to him :
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haughty eyes ,
a lying tongue ,
hands that shed innocent blood ;
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a heart that devises wicked schemes ,
feet that are swift in running to mischief ,
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a false witness who utters lies ,
and he who sows discord among brothers .