Proverbs 6:1-19

Proverbs 6:1-19

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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,
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Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.
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Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:
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Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
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Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
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Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,
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Provideth her meat for herself 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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Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
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And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.
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A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,
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He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.
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With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
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To such a one his destruction shall presently come, and he shall suddenly be destroyed, and shall no longer have any remedy.
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Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,
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A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.
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