Proverbs 6:1-19 (ASV) | TrulyRandomVerse

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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

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Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

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Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

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Provideth her bread 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?

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Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

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That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

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In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

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There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

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A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:1-19