Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
1 My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts?
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises?
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you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 Well then, my child, you are in that person's power, but this is how to get out of it: hurry to him, and beg him to release you.
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So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—and give your neighbor no rest!
4 Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.
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Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 "I'll just take a short nap," he says; "I'll fold my hands and rest a while."
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 But while he sleeps, poverty will attack him like an armed robber.
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12 Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies.
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A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 They wink and make gestures to deceive you,
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who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14 all the while planning evil in their perverted minds, stirring up trouble everywhere.
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who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
15 Because of this, disaster will strike them without warning, and they will be fatally wounded.
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Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are seven things that the Lord hates and cannot tolerate: A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people, a mind that thinks up wicked plans, feet that hurry off to do evil, a witness who tells one lie after another, and someone who stirs up trouble among friends
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There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
20 Son, do what your father tells you and never forget what your mother taught you.
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My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
21 Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart.
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Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
22 Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day.
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When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
24 It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives.
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.
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Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.
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For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
27 Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes?
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
28 Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet?
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
29 It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry;
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People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more - he must give up everything he has.
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Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
33 He will be dishonored and beaten up; he will be permanently disgraced.
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Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.
34 A husband is never angrier than when he is jealous; his revenge knows no limits.
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For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any payment; no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger.
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He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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