Proverbs 6:1-19 (BSB) | TrulyRandomVerse

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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

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if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

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then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.

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Allow no sleep to your eyes or 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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Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

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Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

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it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

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How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

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and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

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winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

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With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

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Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

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There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable 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 run swiftly to evil,

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a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Proverbs 6:1-19