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Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Proverbs 1:8

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, And do not ignore your mother's teaching;

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Proverbs 1:9

For they are a graceful wreath for your head And necklaces for your neck.

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Proverbs 1:10

My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

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Proverbs 1:11

If they say, "Come with us, Let's lie in wait for blood, Let's ambush the innocent without cause;

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Proverbs 1:12

Let's swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, like those who go down to the pit;

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Proverbs 1:13

We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with plunder;

Proverbs 1:14

Throw in your lot with us; We will all have one money bag,"

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Proverbs 1:15

My son, do not walk on the way with them. Keep your feet from their path,

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Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, And they are quick to shed blood.

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Proverbs 1:17

Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird;

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Proverbs 1:18

But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives.

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Proverbs 1:19

Such are the ways of everyone who makes unjust gain; It takes away the life of its possessors.

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Proverbs 1:20

Wisdom shouts in the street, She raises her voice in the public square;

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Proverbs 1:21

At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she declares her sayings:

Proverbs 1:22

"How long, you naive ones, will you love simplistic thinking? And how long will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge?

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Proverbs 1:23

-"Turn to my rebuke, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

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Proverbs 1:24

-"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

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Proverbs 1:25

And you neglected all my advice And did not want my rebuke;

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Proverbs 1:26

I will also laugh at your disaster; I will mock when your dread comes,

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Proverbs 1:27

When your dread comes like a storm And your disaster comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

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Proverbs 1:28

-"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but will not find me,

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Proverbs 1:29

Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD.

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Proverbs 1:30

-"They did not accept my advice, They disdainfully rejected every rebuke from me.

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Proverbs 1:31

-"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.

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Proverbs 1:32

-"For the faithlessness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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Proverbs 1:33

-"But whoever listens to me will live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil."

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Proverbs 2:1

My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you,

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Proverbs 2:2

Make your ear attentive to wisdom; Incline your heart to understanding.

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Proverbs 2:3

For if you cry out for insight, And raise your voice for understanding;

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Proverbs 2:4

If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures;

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Proverbs 2:5

Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And discover the knowledge of God.

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Proverbs 2:6

For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

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Proverbs 2:7

He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,

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Proverbs 2:8

Guarding the paths of justice, And He watches over the way of His godly ones.

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Proverbs 2:9

Then you will discern righteousness, justice, And integrity, and every good path.

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Proverbs 2:10

For wisdom will enter your heart, And knowledge will be delightful to your soul;

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Proverbs 2:11

Discretion will watch over you, Understanding will guard you,

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Proverbs 2:12

To rescue you from the way of evil, From a person who speaks perverse things;

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Proverbs 2:13

From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;

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Proverbs 2:14

Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;

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Proverbs 2:15

Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;

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Proverbs 2:16

To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,

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Proverbs 2:17

Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;

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Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;

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Proverbs 2:19

None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

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Proverbs 2:20

So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous.

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Proverbs 2:21

For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;

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Proverbs 2:22

But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.

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Proverbs 3:1

My son, do not forget my teaching, But have your heart comply with my commandments;

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Proverbs 3:2

For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you.

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Proverbs 3:3

Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Proverbs 3:4

So you will find favor and a good reputation In the sight of God and man.

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Proverbs 3:5

Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.

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Proverbs 3:6

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

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Proverbs 3:7

Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

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Proverbs 3:8

It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones.

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Proverbs 3:9

Honor the LORD from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce;

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Proverbs 3:10

Then your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

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Proverbs 3:11

My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His rebuke,

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Proverbs 3:12

For whom the LORD loves He disciplines, Just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights.

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Proverbs 3:13

Blessed is a person who finds wisdom, And one who obtains understanding.

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Proverbs 3:14

For her profit is better than the profit of silver, And her produce better than gold.

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Proverbs 3:15

She is more precious than jewels, And nothing you desire compares with her.

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Proverbs 3:16

Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor.

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Proverbs 3:17

Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.

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Proverbs 3:18

She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are those who hold on to her.

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Proverbs 3:19

The LORD founded the earth by wisdom, He established the heavens by understanding.

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Proverbs 3:20

By His knowledge the ocean depths were burst open, And the clouds drip with dew.

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Proverbs 3:21

My son, see that they do not escape from your sight; Comply with sound wisdom and discretion,

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Proverbs 3:22

And they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck.

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Proverbs 3:23

Then you will walk in your way securely, And your foot will not stumble.

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Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

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Proverbs 3:25

Do not be afraid of sudden danger, Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;

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Proverbs 3:26

For the LORD will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being caught.

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Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it.

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Proverbs 3:28

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it with you.

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Proverbs 3:29

Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you.

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Proverbs 3:30

Do not contend with a person for no reason, If he has done you no harm.

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Proverbs 3:31

Do not envy a violent person, And do not choose any of his ways.

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Proverbs 3:32

For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.

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Proverbs 3:33

The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the home of the righteous.

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Proverbs 3:34

Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the needy.

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Proverbs 3:35

The wise will inherit honor, But fools increase dishonor.

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Proverbs 4:1

Listen, my sons, to the instruction of a father, And pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

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Proverbs 4:2

For I give you good teaching; Do not abandon my instruction.

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Proverbs 4:3

When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

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Proverbs 4:4

He taught me and said to me, "Let your heart take hold of my words; Keep my commandments and live;

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Proverbs 4:5

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 4:6

-"Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you.

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Proverbs 4:7

-"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your possessions, acquire understanding.

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Proverbs 4:8

-"Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her.

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Proverbs 4:9

-"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty."

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Proverbs 4:10

Listen, my son, and accept my sayings, And the years of your life will be many.

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Proverbs 4:11

I have instructed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths.

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Proverbs 4:12

When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; And if you run, you will not stumble.

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Proverbs 4:13

Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life.

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Proverbs 4:14

Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil people.

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Proverbs 4:15

Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on.

Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

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Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

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Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn That shines brighter and brighter until the full day.

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Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

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Proverbs 4:20

My son, pay attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings.

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Proverbs 4:21

They are not to escape from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart.

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Proverbs 4:22

For they are life to those who find them, And healing to all their body.

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Proverbs 4:23

Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.

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Proverbs 4:24

Rid yourself of a deceitful mouth And keep devious speech far from you.

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Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

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Proverbs 4:26

Watch the path of your feet, And all your ways will be established.

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Proverbs 4:27

Do not turn to the right or to the left; Turn your foot from evil.

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Proverbs 5:1

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding,

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Proverbs 5:2

So that you may maintain discretion And your lips may comply with knowledge.

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Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, And her speech is smoother than oil;

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Proverbs 5:4

But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Proverbs 5:5

Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol.

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Proverbs 5:6

She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it.

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Proverbs 5:7

Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 5:8

Keep your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,

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Proverbs 5:9

Otherwise you will give your vigor to others, And your years to the cruel one;

Proverbs 5:10

And strangers will be filled with your strength, And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;

Proverbs 5:11

And you will groan in the end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

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Proverbs 5:12

And you say, "How I hated instruction! And my heart disdainfully rejected rebuke!

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Proverbs 5:13

-"I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, Nor incline my ear to my instructors!

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Proverbs 5:14

-"I was almost in total ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

Proverbs 5:15

Drink water from your own cistern, And fresh water from your own well.

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Proverbs 5:16

Should your springs overflow into the street, Streams of water in the public squares?

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Proverbs 5:17

Let them be yours alone, And not for strangers with you.

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.

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Proverbs 5:19

Like a loving doe and a graceful mountain goat, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.

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Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress, And embrace the breasts of a foreigner?

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Proverbs 5:21

For the ways of everyone are before the eyes of the LORD, And He observes all his paths.

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Proverbs 5:22

His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.

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Proverbs 5:23

He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray.

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Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor, Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

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Proverbs 6:2

If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth, Or caught by the words of your mouth,

Proverbs 6:3

Then do this, my son, and save yourself: Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.

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Proverbs 6:4

Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;

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Proverbs 6:5

Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand, And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Proverbs 6:6

Go to the ant, you lazy one, Observe its ways and be wise,

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Proverbs 6:7

Which, having no chief, Officer, or ruler,

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Proverbs 6:8

Prepares its food in the summer And gathers its provision in the harvest.

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Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie down, you lazy one? When will you arise from your sleep?

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Proverbs 6:10

"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

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Proverbs 6:11

Then your poverty will come in like a drifter, And your need like an armed man.

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Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth,

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Proverbs 6:13

Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;

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Proverbs 6:14

Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

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Proverbs 6:15

Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

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Proverbs 6:16

There are six things that the LORD hates, Seven that are an abomination to Him:

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Proverbs 6:17

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

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Proverbs 6:18

A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil,

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Proverbs 6:19

A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

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Proverbs 6:20

My son, comply with the commandment of your father, And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;

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Proverbs 6:21

Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.

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Proverbs 6:22

When you walk, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.

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Proverbs 6:23

For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life

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Proverbs 6:24

To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

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Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:26

For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.

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Proverbs 6:27

Can anyone take fire in his lap And his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 6:28

Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

Proverbs 6:29

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

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Proverbs 6:30

People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

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Proverbs 6:31

But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much; He must give up all the property of his house.

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Proverbs 6:32

One who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself commits it.

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Proverbs 6:33

He will find wounds and disgrace, And his shame will not be removed.

Proverbs 6:34

For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not have compassion on the day of vengeance.

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Proverbs 6:35

He will not accept any settlement, Nor will he be satisfied though you make it a large gift.

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Proverbs 7:1

My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you.

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Proverbs 7:2

Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

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Proverbs 7:3

Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend,

Proverbs 7:5

So that they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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Proverbs 7:6

For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice,

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Proverbs 7:7

And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

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Proverbs 7:8

Passing through the street near her corner; And he walks along the way to her house,

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Proverbs 7:9

In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and the darkness.

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Proverbs 7:10

And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a prostitute and cunning of heart.

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Proverbs 7:11

She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home;

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Proverbs 7:12

She is now in the streets, now in the public squares, And lurks by every corner.

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Proverbs 7:13

So she seizes him and kisses him, And with a brazen face she says to him:

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Proverbs 7:14

"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.

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Proverbs 7:15

-"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence diligently, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7:16

-"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt.

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Proverbs 7:17

-"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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Proverbs 7:18

-"Come, let's drink our fill of love until morning; Let's delight ourselves with caresses.

Proverbs 7:19

-"For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey.

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Proverbs 7:20

-"He has taken a bag of money with him. At the full moon he will come home."

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Proverbs 7:21

With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.

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Proverbs 7:22

Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one walks in ankle bracelets to the discipline of a fool,

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Proverbs 7:23

Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hurries to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

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Proverbs 7:24

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

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Proverbs 7:25

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths.

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Proverbs 7:26

For many are the victims she has brought to ruin, And numerous are all those slaughtered by her.

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Proverbs 7:27

Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.

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Proverbs 8:1

Does not wisdom call, And understanding raise her voice?

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Proverbs 8:2

On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

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Proverbs 8:3

Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out:

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Proverbs 8:4

"To you, people, I call, And my voice is to mankind.

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Proverbs 8:5

-"You naive ones, understand prudence; And, you fools, understand wisdom!

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Proverbs 8:6

-"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things.

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Proverbs 8:7

-"For my mouth will proclaim truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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Proverbs 8:8

-"All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them.

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Proverbs 8:9

-"They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge.

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Proverbs 8:10

-"Accept my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold.

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Proverbs 8:11

-"For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her.

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Proverbs 8:12

"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion.

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Proverbs 8:13

-"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.

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Proverbs 8:14

-"Advice is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.

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Proverbs 8:15

-"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice.

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Proverbs 8:16

-"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly.

Proverbs 8:17

-"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

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Proverbs 8:18

-"Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness.

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Proverbs 8:19

-"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold; And my yield better than choice silver.

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Proverbs 8:20

-"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,

Proverbs 8:21

To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.

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Proverbs 8:22

"The LORD created me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.

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Proverbs 8:23

-"From eternity I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth.

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Proverbs 8:24

-"When there were no ocean depths, I was born, When there were no springs abounding with water.

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Proverbs 8:25

-"Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was born;

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Proverbs 8:26

While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world.

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Proverbs 8:27

-"When He established the heavens, I was there; When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep,

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Proverbs 8:28

When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed,

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Proverbs 8:29

When He set a boundary for the sea So that the water would not violate His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

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Proverbs 8:30

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was His delight daily, Rejoicing always before Him,

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Proverbs 8:31

Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of mankind.

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Proverbs 8:32

"Now then, sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.

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Proverbs 8:33

-"Listen to instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it.

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Proverbs 8:34

-"Blessed is the person who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts.

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Proverbs 8:35

-"For one who finds me finds life, And obtains favor from the LORD.

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Proverbs 8:36

-"But one who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death."

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Proverbs 9:1

Wisdom has built her house, She has carved out her seven pillars;

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Proverbs 9:2

She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table;

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Proverbs 9:3

She has sent out her attendants, she calls out From the tops of the heights of the city:

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Proverbs 9:4

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says,

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Proverbs 9:5

"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed.

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Proverbs 9:6

-"Abandon your foolishness and live, And proceed in the way of understanding."

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Proverbs 9:7

One who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And one who rebukes a wicked person gets insults for himself.

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Proverbs 9:8

Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you; Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.

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Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; Teach a righteous person and he will increase his insight.

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Proverbs 9:10

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

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Proverbs 9:11

For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you.

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Proverbs 9:12

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will suffer from it.

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Proverbs 9:13

A woman of foolishness is boisterous, She has a lack of understanding and knows nothing.

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Proverbs 9:14

She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city,

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Proverbs 9:15

Calling to those who pass by, Who are going straight on their paths:

Proverbs 9:16

"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says,

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Proverbs 9:17

"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

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Proverbs 9:18

But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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