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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck.
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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.
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
