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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
[2]
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
[3]
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
[5]
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
[6]
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
[10]
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
[12]
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. soweth: Heb. casteth forth
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto...: Heb. of his soul
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
[20]
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
[22]
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
[23]
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: lamp: or, candle
[24]
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. of the...: or, of the strange tongue
[25]
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife
[27]
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
[29]
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
[30]
Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
[32]
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. understanding: Heb. heart
[33]
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
[34]
For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
[35]
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. He will...: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom

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