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