Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha CEBA
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1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
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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 you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.
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you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 Do this, my son, to get out of it, for you have come under the control of your neighbor. So go, humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.
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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 give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
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Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
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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 Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 Even so, it gets its food in summer; gathers its provisions at harvest.
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long, lazy person, will you lie down? When will you rise from your sleep?
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to lie down—
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a prowler, destitution like a warrior.
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12 Worthless people and guilty people go around with crooked talk.
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A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 They wink their eyes, gesture with their feet, and point with their fingers.
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who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14 Their hearts are corrupt and determined to do evil; they create controversies all the time.
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who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
15 Therefore, sudden disaster will come upon them; they will be quickly broken beyond healing.
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Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed—without remedy.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven things detestable to him:
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There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17 snobbish eyes, a lying tongue, hands that spill innocent blood,
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart set on wicked plans, feet that run quickly to evil,
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a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
19 a false witness who breathes lies, and one who causes conflicts among relatives.
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a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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