Warning against Idleness and Falsehood |
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
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if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
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thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
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thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
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when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; |
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go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. |
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Give not sleep to thine eyes,
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nor slumber to thine eyelids. |
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
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and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard;
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consider her ways, and be wise: |
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which having no guide,
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provideth her meat in the summer,
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and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?
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When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
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a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
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so shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth,
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A naughty person, a wicked man,
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walketh with a froward mouth. |
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He winketh with his eyes,
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he speaketh with his feet, |
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he teacheth with his fingers; |
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frowardness is in his heart,
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he deviseth mischief continually; |
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he soweth discord. |
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
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suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. |
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These six things doth the LORD hate;
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yea, seven are an abomination unto him: |
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a proud look, a lying tongue,
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and hands that shed innocent blood, |
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a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
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feet that be swift in running to mischief, |
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a false witness that speaketh lies,
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and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
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Warning against Adultery |
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My son, keep thy father's commandment,
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and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
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bind them continually upon thine heart,
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and tie them about thy neck. |
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When thou goest, it shall lead thee;
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when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; |
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and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
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and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
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to keep thee from the evil woman,
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from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;
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neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:
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and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. |
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Can a man take fire in his bosom,
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and his clothes not be burned? |
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Can one go upon hot coals,
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and his feet not be burned? |
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So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife;
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whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
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Men do not despise a thief,
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if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; |
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but if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold;
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he shall give all the substance of his house. |
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:
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he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
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A wound and dishonor shall he get;
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and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
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For jealousy is the rage of a man:
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therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
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He will not regard any ransom;
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neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
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