| 章 |
| 6:1 |
My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,
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| 6:2 |
[If] you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
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| 6:3 |
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
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| 6:4 |
Do not give sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
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| 6:5 |
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from [the hunter's] hand, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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| 6:6 |
Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
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| 6:7 |
Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,
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| 6:8 |
Prepares her food in the summer, [And] gathers her provision in the harvest.
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| 6:9 |
How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
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| 6:10 |
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest "--
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| 6:11 |
And your poverty will come in like a vagabond, And your need like an armed man.
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| 6:12 |
A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a false mouth,
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| 6:13 |
Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;
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| 6:14 |
Who [with] perversity in his heart devises evil continually, Who spreads strife.
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| 6:15 |
Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken, and there will be no healing.
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| 6:16 |
There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
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| 6:17 |
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
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| 6:18 |
A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,
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| 6:19 |
A false witness [who] utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
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| 6:20 |
My son, observe the commandment of your father, And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
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| 6:21 |
Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
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| 6:22 |
When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
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| 6:23 |
For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life,
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| 6:24 |
To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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| 6:25 |
Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her catch you with her eyelids.
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| 6:26 |
For on account of a harlot [one is reduced] to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
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| 6:27 |
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
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| 6:28 |
Or can a man walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?
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| 6:29 |
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
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| 6:30 |
Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
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| 6:31 |
But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.
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| 6:32 |
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.
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| 6:33 |
Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.
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| 6:34 |
For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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| 6:35 |
He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be content though you give many gifts.
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