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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger-

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Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth-

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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour

06:004

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids

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Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler

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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise

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Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler

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Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest

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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep

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'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'-

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So shall thy poverty come as a runner, and thy want as an armed man

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A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth

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That winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet, that pointeth with his fingers

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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord

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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy

06:016

There are six things which HaShem hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him

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Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood

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A heart that deviseth wicked thoughts, feet that are swift in running to evil

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A false witness that breatheth out lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren

06:020

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother

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Bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck

06:022

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee

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For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life

06:024

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the smoothness of the alien tongue

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Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids

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For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life

06:027

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned

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Or can one walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched

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So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished

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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry

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But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house

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He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul

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Wounds and dishonour shall he get, and his reproach shall not be wiped away

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For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance

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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts