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1. My child, be careful about giving a guarantee for somebody else's loan, about promising to pay what someone else owes.
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1. My son H1121 , if H518 thou be surety H6148 for thy friend H7453 , if thou hast stricken H8628 thy hand H3709 with a stranger H2114 ,
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2. You might get trapped by what you say; you might be caught by your own words.
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2. Thou art snared H3369 with the words H561 of thy mouth H6310 , thou art taken H3920 with the words H561 of thy mouth H6310 .
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3. My child, if you have done this and are under your neighbor's control, here is how to get free. Don't be proud. Go to your neighbor and beg to be free from your promise.
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3. Do H6213 this H2063 now H645 , my son H1121 , and deliver thyself H5337 , when H3588 thou art come H935 into the hand H3709 of thy friend H7453 ; go H1980 , humble thyself H7511 , and make sure H7292 thy friend H7453 .
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4. Don't go to sleep or even rest your eyes,
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4. Give H5414 not H408 sleep H8142 to thine eyes H5869 , nor slumber H8572 to thine eyelids H6079 .
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5. but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter, like a bird flying away from a trapper.
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5. Deliver thyself H5337 as a roe H6643 from the hand H4480 H3027 of the hunter , and as a bird H6833 from the hand H4480 H3027 of the fowler H3353 .
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6. Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.
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6. Go H1980 to H413 the ant H5244 , thou sluggard H6102 ; consider H7200 her ways H1870 , and be wise H2449 :
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7. Ants have no commander, no leader or ruler,
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7. Which H834 having no H369 guide H7101 , overseer H7860 , or ruler H4910 ,
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8. but they store up food in the summer and gather their supplies at harvest.
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8. Provideth H3559 her meat H3899 in the summer H7019 , and gathereth H103 her food H3978 in the harvest H7105 .
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9. How long will you lie there, you lazy person? When will you get up from sleeping?
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9. How long H5704 H4970 wilt thou sleep H7901 , O sluggard H6102 ? when H4970 wilt thou arise H6965 out of thy sleep H4480 H8142 ?
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10. You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.
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10. Yet a little H4592 sleep H8142 , a little H4592 slumber H8572 , a little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to sleep H7901 :
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11. So you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.
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11. So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that traveleth H1980 , and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man H376 .
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12. Some people are wicked and no good. They go around telling lies,
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12. A naughty H1100 person H120 , a wicked H205 man H376 , walketh H1980 with a froward H6143 mouth H6310 .
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13. winking with their eyes, tapping with their feet, and making signs with their fingers.
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13. He winketh H7169 with his eyes H5869 , he speaketh H4448 with his feet H7272 , he teacheth H3384 with his fingers H676 ;
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14. They make evil plans in their hearts and are always starting arguments.
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14. Frowardness H8419 is in his heart H3820 , he deviseth H2790 mischief H7451 continually H3605 H6256 ; he soweth H7971 discord H4066 .
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15. So trouble will strike them in an instant; suddenly they will be so hurt no one can help them.
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15. Therefore H5921 H3651 shall his calamity H343 come H935 suddenly H6597 ; suddenly H6621 shall he be broken H7665 without H369 remedy H4832 .
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16. There are six things the Lord hates. There are seven things he cannot stand:
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16. These H2007 six H8337 things doth the LORD H3068 hate H8130 : yea, seven H7651 are an abomination H8441 unto him H5315 :
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17. a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
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17. A proud H7311 look H5869 , a lying H8267 tongue H3956 , and hands H3027 that shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood H1818 ,
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18. a mind that thinks up evil plans, feet that are quick to do evil,
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18. A heart H3820 that deviseth H2790 wicked H205 imaginations H4284 , feet H7272 that be swift H4116 in running H7323 to mischief H7451 ,
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19. a witness who lies, and someone who starts arguments among families.
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19. A false H8267 witness H5707 that speaketh H6315 lies H3577 , and he that soweth H7971 discord H4090 among H996 brethren H251 .
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20. My son, keep your father's commands, and don't forget your mother's teaching.
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20. My son H1121 , keep H5341 thy father H1 's commandment H4687 , and forsake H5203 not H408 the law H8451 of thy mother H517 :
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21. Keep their words in mind forever as though you had them tied around your neck.
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21. Bind H7194 them continually H8548 upon H5921 thine heart H3820 , and tie H6029 them about H5921 thy neck H1621 .
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22. They will guide you when you walk. They will guard you when you sleep. They will speak to you when you are awake.
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22. When thou goest H1980 , it shall lead H5148 thee H853 ; when thou sleepest H7901 , it shall keep H8104 H5921 thee ; and when thou awakest H6974 , it H1931 shall talk H7878 with thee.
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23. These commands are like a lamp; this teaching is like a light. And the correction that comes from them will help you have life.
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23. For H3588 the commandment H4687 is a lamp H5216 ; and the law H8451 is light H216 ; and reproofs H8433 of instruction H4148 are the way H1870 of life H2416 :
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24. They will keep you from sinful women and from the pleasing words of another man's unfaithful wife.
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24. To keep H8104 thee from the evil H7451 woman H4480 H802 , from the flattery H4480 H2513 of the tongue H3956 of a strange woman H5237 .
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25. Don't desire her because she is beautiful. Don't let her capture you by the way she looks at you.
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25. Lust H2530 not H408 after her beauty H3308 in thine heart H3824 ; neither H408 let her take H3947 thee with her eyelids H6079 .
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26. A prostitute will treat you like a loaf of bread, and a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life.
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26. For H3588 by means H1157 of a whorish H2181 woman H802 a man is brought to H5704 a piece H3603 of bread H3899 : and the adulteress H802 H376 will hunt H6679 for the precious H3368 life H5315 .
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27. You cannot carry hot coals against your chest without burning your clothes,
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27. Can a man H376 take H2846 fire H784 in his bosom H2436 , and his clothes H899 not H3808 be burned H8313 ?
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28. and you cannot walk on hot coals without burning your feet.
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28. Can H518 one H376 go H1980 upon H5921 hot coals H1513 , and his feet H7272 not H3808 be burned H3554 ?
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29. The same is true if you have sexual relations with another man's wife. Anyone who does so will be punished.
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29. So H3651 he that goeth in H935 to H413 his neighbor H7453 's wife H802 ; whosoever H3605 toucheth H5060 her shall not H3808 be innocent H5352 .
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30. People don't hate a thief when he steals because he is hungry.
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30. Men do not H3808 despise H936 a thief H1590 , if H3588 he steal H1589 to satisfy H4390 his soul H5315 when H3588 he is hungry H7456 ;
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31. But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, and it may cost him everything he owns.
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31. But if he be found H4672 , he shall restore H7999 sevenfold H7659 ; he shall give H5414 H853 all H3605 the substance H1952 of his house H1004 .
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32. A man who takes part in adultery has no sense; he will destroy himself.
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32. But whoso committeth adultery H5003 with a woman H802 lacketh H2638 understanding H3820 : he H1931 that doeth H6213 it destroyeth H7843 his own soul H5315 .
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33. He will be beaten up and disgraced, and his shame will never go away.
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33. A wound H5061 and dishonor H7036 shall he get H4672 ; and his reproach H2781 shall not H3808 be wiped away H4229 .
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34. Jealousy makes a husband very angry, and he will have no pity when he gets revenge.
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34. For H3588 jealousy H7068 is the rage H2534 of a man H1397 : therefore he will not H3808 spare H2550 in the day H3117 of vengeance H5359 .
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35. He will accept no payment for the wrong; he will take no amount of money.
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35. He will not H3808 regard H6440 H5375 any H3605 ransom H3724 ; neither H3808 will he rest content H14 , though H3588 thou givest many H7235 gifts H7810 .
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