The Bible, King James version, Book 20: ProverbsAnonymous
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The Bible, King James version, Book 20: Proverbs
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Bible. Proverbs
20:006:003 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come
into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure
thy friend.
20:006:004 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
20:006:005 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a
bird from the hand of the fowler.
20:006:006 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
20:006:007 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
20:006:008 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in
the harvest.
20:006:009 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out
of thy sleep?
20:006:010 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep:
20:006:011 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want
as an armed man.
20:006:012 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
20:006:013 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he
teacheth with his fingers;
20:006:014 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually;
he soweth discord.
20:006:015 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he
be broken without remedy.
20:006:016 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an
abomination unto him:
20:006:017 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood,
20:006:018 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift
in running to mischief,
20:006:019 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord
among brethren.
20:006:020 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law
of thy mother:
20:006:021 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy
neck.
20:006:022 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it
shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee.
20:006:023 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and
reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
20:006:024 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the
tongue of a strange woman.
20:006:025 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take
thee with her eyelids.
20:006:026 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of
bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
20:006:027 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be
burned?
20:006:028 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
20:006:029 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever
toucheth her shall not be innocent.
20:006:030 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul
when he is hungry;
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