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My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake,
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you are trapped by the words of your own mouth, caught by your own promise.
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Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.
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Don't let your eyes rest or your eyelids close.
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Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.
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Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.
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Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,
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in summertime it stores its food supply. At harvest time it gathers its food.
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How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up from your sleep?
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"Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap."
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Then your poverty will come [to you]like a drifter, and your need will come [to you]like a bandit.
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A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth.
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He winks his eye, makes a signal with his foot, [and] points with his fingers.
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He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.
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That is why disaster will come on him suddenly. In a moment he will be crushed beyond recovery.
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There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven that are disgusting to him:
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arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
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a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong,
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a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.
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My son, obey the command of your father, and do not disregard the teachings of your mother.
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Fasten them on your heart forever. Hang them around your neck.
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When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will talk to you
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because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life
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to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
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Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes.
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A prostitute's price is [only] a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for [your] life itself.
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Can a man carry fire in his lap without burning his clothes?
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Can anyone walk on red-hot coals without burning his feet?
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So it is with a man who has sex with his neighbor's wife. None who touch her will escape punishment.
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People do not despise a thief who is hungry when he steals to satisfy his appetite,
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but when he is caught, he has to repay it seven times. He must give up all the possessions in his house.
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Whoever commits adultery with a woman has no sense. Whoever does this destroys himself.
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An adulterous man will find disease and dishonor, and his disgrace will not be blotted out,
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because jealousy arouses a husband's fury. The husband will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
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No amount of money will change his mind. The largest bribe will not satisfy him.