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[1] My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
[2] Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
[3] Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
[4] Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
[5] Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
[6] Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
Consider her ways, and be wise:
[7] Which having no chief,
Overseer, or ruler,
[8] Provideth her bread in the summer,
And gathereth her food in the harvest.
[9] How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
[10] Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep:
[11] So shall thy poverty come as a robber,
And thy want as an armed man.
[12] A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
[13] That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet,
That maketh signs with his fingers;
[14] In whose heart is perverseness,
Who deviseth evil continually,
Who soweth discord.
[15] Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
[16] There are six things which Jehovah hateth;
Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
[17] Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood;
[18] A heart that deviseth wicked purposes,
Feet that are swift in running to mischief,
[19] A false witness that uttereth lies,
And he that soweth discord among brethren.
[20] My son, keep the commandment of thy father,
And forsake not the law of thy mother:
[21] Bind them continually upon thy heart;
Tie them about thy neck.
[22] When thou walkest, it shall lead thee;
When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee;
And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
[23] For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
[24] To keep thee from the evil woman,
From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
[25] Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;
Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
[26] For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;
And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
[27] Can a man take fire in his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
[28] Or can one walk upon hot coals,
And his feet not be scorched?
[29] So he that goeth in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.
[30] Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
To satisfy himself when he is hungry:
[31] But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
He shall give all the substance of his house.
[32] He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding:
He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.
[33] Wounds and dishonor shall he get;
And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
[34] For jealousy is the rage of a man;
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
[35] He will not regard any ransom;
Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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