109 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
109 lines
3.3 KiB
Markdown
## Practical Warnings
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My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, Have struck your hands _in pledge_ for a stranger,
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###### 2
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_If_ you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
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###### 3
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Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.
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###### 4
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Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
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###### 5
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Deliver yourself like a gazelle from _the hunter's_ hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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###### 6
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Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
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###### 7
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Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,
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Prepares her food in the summer _And_ gathers her provision in the harvest.
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###### 9
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How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
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###### 10
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"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"--
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###### 11
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Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your want like an armed man.
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###### 12
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A vile person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,
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Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;
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###### 14
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Who _with_ perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads contentions.
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Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
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There are six things which Yahweh hates, Even seven which are an abomination to Him:
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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
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A heart that devises wicked thoughts, Feet that hasten to run to evil,
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###### 19
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A false witness _who_ breathes out lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.
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## Warning Against Adultery
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My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not abandon the law of your mother;
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###### 21
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Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
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###### 22
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When you walk about, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep watch over you; And when you awake, they will speak to you.
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For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
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To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
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Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
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For on account of a harlot _one is reduced_ to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
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Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
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###### 29
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So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
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_Men_ do not despise a thief if he steals To fill himself when he is hungry;
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But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.
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The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking a heart _of wisdom_; He who would destroy his soul does it.
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###### 33
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Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.
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For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not accept any ransom, He will not be willing though you give many bribes.
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