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My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbor, if thou have struck thy hands for a stranger,
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thou are snared with the words of thy mouth, thou are taken with the words of thy mouth.
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.
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Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, 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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provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
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How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
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so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.
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A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
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who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers,
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in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.
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Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy.
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There are six things which Jehovah hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him:
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,
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a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
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My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and do not forsake the law of thy mother.
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Bind them continually upon thy heart. Tie them about thy neck.
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When thou walk, it shall lead thee. When thou sleep, it shall watch over thee. And when thou awake, it shall talk with thee.
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For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.
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Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
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For the price of a harlot is as much as a piece of bread, but the adulteress hunts for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
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Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.
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Yet if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold. He shall give all the substance of his house.
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He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
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Wounds and dishonor he shall get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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For jealousy is a man's fury, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.