Proverbs 6:1-19 (CJB) | TrulyRandomVerse

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My son, if you have put up security for your friend, if you committed yourself on behalf of another;

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you have been snared by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your own mouth.

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Do this now, my son, and extricate yourself, since you put yourself in your friend's power: go, humble yourself, and pester your friend;

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give your eyes no sleep, give your eyelids no rest;

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break free, like a gazelle from the [hunter's] trap, like a bird from the grip of the fowler.

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Go to the ant, you lazybones! Consider its ways, and be wise.

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It has no chief, overseer or ruler;

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yet it provides its food in summer and gathers its supplies at harvest-time.

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Lazybones! How long will you lie there in bed? When will you get up from your sleep?

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"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep"-

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and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.

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A scoundrel, a vicious man, lives by crooked speech,

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winking his eyes, shuffling his feet, pointing with his fingers.

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With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord.

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Therefore disaster suddenly overcomes him; unexpectedly, he is broken beyond repair.

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There are six things ADONAI hates, seven which he detests:

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a haughty look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

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a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil,

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a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows strife among brothers.

Proverbs 6:1-19