Proverbs 6:1-11
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1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.