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| | Pro 6:1 | My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger,
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| | Pro 6:2 | If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
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| | Pro 6:3 | 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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| | Pro 6:4 | Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
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| | Pro 6:5 | Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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| | Pro 6:6 | Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
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| | Pro 6:7 | Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,
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| | Pro 6:8 | Prepares her food in the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest.
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| | Pro 6:9 | How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
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| | Pro 6:10 | "A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--
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| | Pro 6:11 | Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man.
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| | Pro 6:12 | A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
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| | Pro 6:13 | Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;
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| | Pro 6:14 | Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
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| | Pro 6:15 | Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
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| | Pro 6:16 | There are six things which the Lord hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:
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| | Pro 6:17 | Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
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| | Pro 6:18 | A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,
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| | Pro 6:19 | A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
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| | Pro 6:20 | My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
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| | Pro 6:21 | Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
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| | Pro 6:22 | When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
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| | Pro 6:23 | For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
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| | Pro 6:24 | To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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| | Pro 6:25 | Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
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| | Pro 6:26 | For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
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| | Pro 6:27 | Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
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| | Pro 6:28 | Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
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| | Pro 6:29 | So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
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| | Pro 6:30 | Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
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| | Pro 6:31 | But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.
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| | Pro 6:32 | The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.
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| | Pro 6:33 | Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.
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| | Pro 6:34 | For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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| | Pro 6:35 | He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
