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020:006:001
My son,
if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with 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,
when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
go,
humble thyself,
and make sure thy friend.

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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 guide,
overseer,
or ruler,

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Provideth her meat 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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Yet a little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

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A naughty person,
a wicked man,
walketh with a froward mouth.

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He winketh with his eyes,
he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers;

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Frowardness is in his heart,
he deviseth mischief continually;
he soweth discord.

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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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These six things doth the LORD hate:
yea,
seven are an abomination unto him:

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A proud look,
a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,

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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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A false witness that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord among brethren.

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My son,
keep thy father's commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Bind them continually upon thine heart,
and tie them about thy neck.

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When thou goest,
it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest,
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 tongue of a strange woman.

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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
and the adultress will hunt 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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Can one go upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?

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So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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Men do not despise a thief,
if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

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But if he be found,
he shall restore sevenfold;
he shall give all the substance of his house.

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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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A wound and dishonour shall he get;
and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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For jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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He will not regard any ransom;
neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.