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1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for 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 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
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you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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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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 Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
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Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
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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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, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 Prepares her food in the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest.
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise 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 hands to rest "-
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
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A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
13 Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;
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who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
14 Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
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who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no 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 which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
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There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:
17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18 A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly 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 utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
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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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