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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
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you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
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So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands:
go – to the point of exhaustion –
and give your neighbour no rest!
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Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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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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A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
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who winks maliciously with his eye,
signals with his feet
and motions with his fingers,
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who plots evil with deceit in his heart –
he always stirs up conflict.
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Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;
he will suddenly be destroyed – without remedy.
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There are six things the Lord hates,
seven that are detestable to him:
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haughty eyes,
a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
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a heart that devises wicked schemes,
feet that are quick to rush into evil,
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a false witness who pours out lies
and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.
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READINGS
The Book of PROVERBS Chapter Six
Read by David Suchet
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OVERVIEW
The Book of PROVERBS
Overview
(The Bible Project)
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STUDIES
The book of proverbs
David Pawson
Part 1
Part 2
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