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Chapter 6 |
| 1 | My son, if
thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a
stranger, |
| 2
| Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| 3 | 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. |
| 4 | Give not sleep to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids. |
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5 | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand
of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| 6 | Go to the
ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: |
| 7 | Which having
no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
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8 | Provideth her meat in the summer, and
gathereth her food in the harvest. |
| 9 | How long wilt thou sleep, O
sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
| 10 | Yet a little
sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
| 11 |
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed
man. |
| 12 |
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward
mouth. |
| 13
| He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he
teacheth with his fingers; |
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14 | Frowardness is in his heart, he
deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
| 15 | Therefore
shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without
remedy. |
| 16
| These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him: |
| 17 | A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that
shed innocent blood, |
| 18 | An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief, |
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19 | A false witness that
speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| 20 | My son,
keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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| 21 | Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck. |
| 22 |
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it
shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
| 23 |
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
instruction are the way of life: |
| 24 | To keep thee from the evil
woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
| 25 | Lust not
after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her
eyelids. |
| 26
| 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. |
| 27 |
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
| 28 |
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
| 29 | So he that
goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be
innocent. |
| 30
| Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his
soul when he is hungry; |
| 31 | But if he be found, he shall restore
sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
| 32 | But
whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it
destroyeth his own soul. |
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33 | A wound and dishonour shall he get;
and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
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34 | For jealousy is the rage
of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
| 35 | He
will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest
many gifts. |
