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Proverbs 6:1-9
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Proverbs 6:1-9
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My child, have you promised to be responsible for someone else's debts?
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Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises?
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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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Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.
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Get out of the trap like a bird or a deer escaping from a hunter.
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Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
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They have no leader, chief, or ruler,
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but they store up their food during the summer, getting ready for winter.
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How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up?
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Ben Sira 29.14-20
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.