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The American Standard Version of 1901

Proverbs 6

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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken 1 thy hands for a stranger; 1) Or thy hand with a stranger

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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, 1 humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; 1) Or bestir

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Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

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Deliver thyself as a 1 roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 1) Or gazelle

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

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Which having no 1 chief, Overseer, or ruler, 1) Or judge

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Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

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How long wilt thou 1 sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 1) Heb lie down

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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to 1 sleep: 1) Heb lie down

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So shall thy poverty come as a 1 robber, And thy want as 2 an armed man. 1) Or rover 2) Heb a man with a shield

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A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

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That winketh with his eyes, that 1 speaketh with his feet, That 2 maketh signs with his fingers; 1) Or shuffleth 2) Or teacheth with

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In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who 1 soweth discord. 1) Heb letteth loose

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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

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There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination 1 unto him: 1) Heb of his soul

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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

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A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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A false witness that 1 uttereth lies, And he that 2 soweth discord among brethren. 1) Heb breatheth out 2) Heb letteth loose

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My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the 1 law of thy mother: 1) Or teaching

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Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

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When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou 1 sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 1) Heb liest down

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For 1 the commandment is a lamp; And 2 the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 1) Or, their commandment 2) Or, their teaching

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To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

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Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread; And 1 the adulteress hunteth for the precious life. 1) Heb a man's wife

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Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

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Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

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So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be 1 unpunished. 1) Heb held innocent

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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy 1 himself when he is hungry: 1) Or his appetite

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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

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He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of 1 understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul. 1) Heb heart

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Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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He will not regard any ransom; Neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.



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