Proverbs 6:¹ My son, if you have put up security for your friend, if you committed yourself on behalf of another; ² you have been snared by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your own mouth. ³ Do this now, my son, and extricate (rescue) yourself, since you put yourself in your friend's power: go, humble yourself, and pester your friend; ⁴ give your eyes no sleep, give your eyelids no rest; ⁵ , like a gazelle from the [hunter's] trap, like a bird from the grip of the fowler. ⁶ Go to the ant, you lazybones! Consider its ways, and be wise. ⁷ It has no chief, overseer or ruler; ⁸ yet it its food in summer and gathers its supplies at harvest-time. ⁹ Lazybones! How long will you lie there in bed? When will you get up from your sleep? ¹⁰ "I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep"- ¹¹ and comes in on you, hits you like an . ¹² A scoundrel, a vicious man, lives by crooked speech, ¹³ winking his eyes, shuffling his feet, pointing with his fingers. ¹⁴ With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord. ¹⁵ Therefore suddenly him; , he is broken beyond repair. ¹⁶ There are six things ADONAI hates, seven which he detests: ¹⁷ a look, a tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet swift in running to do evil, ¹⁹ a false witness who lies with every breath, and him who sows among brothers. ²⁰ My son, obey your father's command, and don't abandon your mother's teaching. ²¹ Bind them always on your heart, tie them around your neck. ²² When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you wake up, they will talk with you. ²³ For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light, and reproofs that discipline are the way to life. ²⁴ They keep you from an evil woman, from a loose woman's seductive tongue. ²⁵ let your after her beauty or allow her glance to captivate you. ²⁶ The price of a whore is a loaf of bread, but the adulteress is hunting for a precious life. ²⁷ Can a man carry fire inside his shirt without burning his clothes? ²⁸ Can a man walk [barefoot] on hot coals without scorching his feet? ²⁹ So is he who has sex with his neighbor's wife; anyone touching her . ³⁰ A thief is not despised if he steals only to satisfy his appetite when hungry; ³¹ but even he, if caught, must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth that he owns. ³² He who commits adultery lacks ; he who does it . ³³ He will get nothing but blows and contempt, and his will be wiped away. ³⁴ For jealousy drives a man into a rage; he will show no mercy when he takes revenge; ³⁵ he will not accept compensation; he'll refuse every bribe, no matter how large.

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