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