Proverbs 6:1-10 (New Revised Standard)
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My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another, a
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you are snared by the utterance of your lips, b caught by the words of your mouth.
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So do this, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hurry, c and plead with your neighbor.
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Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
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save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter, d like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
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Without having any chief or officer or ruler,
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it prepares its food in summer, and gathers its sustenance in harvest.
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How long will you lie there, O lazybones? When will you rise from your sleep?
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (New Revised Standard Bible Version Online)
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