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1. My son, if you have put yourself as a trust for what your neighbor owes to another, or if you have made a promise for a stranger,
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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 have been trapped with the words of your lips. You have been caught with the words of your mouth.
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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. Do this now, my son, and get yourself out of trouble, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go without pride and beg your neighbor to let you go.
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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. Do not let your eyes sleep. Do not let your eyes close.
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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. Take yourself away like a deer from the man who kills animals, and like a bird from the hand of the man who catches birds.
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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 to the ant, O lazy person. Watch and think about her ways, 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. She has no leader, head 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 she gets her food ready in the summer, and gathers her food at the right time.
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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 down, O lazy person? When will you rise up from your sleep?
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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. A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands 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. and being poor will come upon you like a robber, and your need like a man ready to fight.
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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. A person of no worth, a sinful man, is he who goes about 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. He winks with his eyes, makes signs with his feet, and makes certain moves with his 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. He always plans to do sinful things because of his sinful heart. He causes arguing among people.
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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 come upon him all at once. Right then he will be broken, and there will be no healing.
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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 which the Lord hates, yes, seven that are hated by Him:
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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, and hands that kill those who are without guilt,
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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 heart that makes sinful plans, feet that run fast to sin,
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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 person who tells lies about someone else, and one who starts fights among brothers.
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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 the teaching of your father, and do not turn away from the teaching of your mother.
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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. Hold them always to your heart. Tie them 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 lead you when you walk. They will watch over you when you sleep, and they will talk with you when you wake up.
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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. For the word is a lamp. The teaching is a light, and strong words that punish are the way of 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 keep you from the sinful woman, from the smooth tongue of a sinful woman.
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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. Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes.
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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. For because of a woman who sells the use of her body, one is brought down to a loaf of bread. A sinful woman hunts to take a man's very 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. Can a man carry fire in his arms, and his clothes not be burned?
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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. Can a man walk on hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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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. So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her 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. Men do not hate a robber who steals food for himself when 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 seven times what he took. He must give up all the things in his house.
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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. He who does sex sins with a woman does not think well. He who does it is destroying 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 hurt and ashamed, and his shame will not be taken 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 man angry. He will show no pity for the wrong that was done to him.
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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 not take pay, and he will not be happy even if you give him many gifts.
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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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