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Proverbs 6 Verses
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My child, if you have put up security for a friend's debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger-- |
2
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if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said-- |
3
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follow my advice and save yourself, for you have placed yourself at your friend's mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased. |
4
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Don't put it off; do it now! Don't rest until you do. |
5
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Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net. |
6
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Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! |
7
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Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, |
8
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they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. |
9
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But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? |
10
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A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-- |
11
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then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber. |
12
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What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars, |
13
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signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye, a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers. |
14
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Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble. |
15
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But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing. |
16
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There are six things the LORD hates-- no, seven things he detests: |
17
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, |
18
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a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, |
19
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a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family. |
20
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My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's instruction. |
21
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Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck. |
22
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When you walk, their counsel will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up, they will advise you. |
23
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For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life. |
24
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It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman. |
25
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Don't lust for her beauty. Don't let her coy glances seduce you. |
26
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For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, but sleeping with another man's wife will cost you your life. |
27
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Can a man scoop a flame into his lap and not have his clothes catch on fire? |
28
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Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet? |
29
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So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished. |
30
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Excuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving. |
31
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But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house. |
32
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But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself. |
33
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He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased. |
34
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For the woman's jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge. |
35
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He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size. |