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Proverbs 5

## The Proverbs

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| # Chapter 6
#### 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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