6My son, if you become surety for your friend, If you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,H1121H6148H7453H8628H3709H2114 2You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.H3369H561H6310H3920H561H6310 3So do this, my son, and deliver yourself; For you have come into the hand of your friend: Go and humble yourself; Plead with your friend.H6213H645H1121H5337H935H3709H7453H3212H7511H7292H7453 4Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.H5414H8142H5869H8572H6079 5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.H5337H6643H3027H6833H3027H3353 6Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,H3212H5244H6102H7200H1870H2449 7Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,H7101H7860H4910 8Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest.H3559H3899H7019H103H3978H7105 9How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?H7901H6102H6965H8142 10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep—H4592H8142H4592H8572H4592H2264H3027H7901 11So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man.H7389H935H1980H4270H4043H376 12A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;H1100H120H205H376H1980H6143H6310 13He winks with his eyes, He shuffles his feet, He points with his fingers;H7169H5869H4448H7272H3384H676 14Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.H8419H3820H2790H7451H6256H7971H4066H4090 15Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly; Suddenly he shall be broken without remedy.H343H935H6597H6621H7665H4832 16These six things the LORD hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:H8337H3068H8130H7651H8441H5315 17A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,H7311H5869H8267H3956H3027H8210H5355H1818 18A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that are swift in running to evil,H3820H2790H205H4284H7272H4116H7323H7451 19A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren.H8267H5707H6315H3577H7971H4090H251 20My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.H1121H5341H1H4687H5203H8451H517 21Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.H7194H8548H3820H6029H1621 22When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.H1980H5148H7901H8104H6974H7878 23For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,H4687H5216H8451H216H8433H4148H1870H2416 24To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.H8104H7451H802H2513H3956H5237 25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.H2530H3308H3824H3947H6079 26For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.H1157H2181H802H3603H3899H802H376H6679H3368H5315 27Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?H376H2846H784H2436H899H8313 28Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?H376H1980H1513H7272H3554 29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.H935H7453H802H5060H5352 30People do not despise a thief If he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.H936H1590H1589H4390H5315H7456 31Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.H4672H7999H7659H5414H1952H1004 32Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; He who does so destroys his own soul.H5003H802H2638H3820H6213H7843H5315 33Wounds and dishonor he will get, And his reproach will not be wiped away.H5061H7036H4672H2781H4229 34For jealousy is a husband's fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.H7068H2534H1397H2550H3117H5359 35He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.H5375H6440H3724H14H7235H7810
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