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Dear friend, if you've gone into hock with your neighbor or locked yourself into a deal with a stranger, |
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If you've impulsively promised the shirt off your back and now find yourself shivering out in the cold, |
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Friend, don't waste a minute, get yourself out of that mess. You're in that man's clutches! Go, put on a long face; act desperate. |
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Don't procrastinate-- there's no time to lose. |
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Run like a deer from the hunter, fly like a bird from the trapper! |
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You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two. |
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Nobody has to tell it what to do. |
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All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions. |
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So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? How long before you get out of bed? |
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A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy--do you know what comes next? |
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Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, poverty your permanent houseguest! |
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Riffraff and rascals talk out of both sides of their mouths. |
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They wink at each other, they shuffle their feet, they cross their fingers behind their backs. |
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Their perverse minds are always cooking up something nasty, always stirring up trouble. |
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Catastrophe is just around the corner for them, a total smash-up, their lives ruined beyond repair. |
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Here are six things GOD hates, and one more that he loathes with a passion: |
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eyes that are arrogant, a tongue that lies, hands that murder the innocent, |
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a heart that hatches evil plots, feet that race down a wicked track, |
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a mouth that lies under oath, a troublemaker in the family. |
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Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings. |
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Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck. |
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Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next. |
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For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path. |
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They'll protect you from wanton women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. |
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Don't lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. |
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You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, but a wanton woman may well eat you alive. |
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Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? |
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Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? |
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It's the same when you have sex with your neighbor's wife: Touch her and you'll pay for it. No excuses. |
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Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; |
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When he's caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. |
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Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; |
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Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. |
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For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won't make allowances. |
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Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him. |
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