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My son, if you have put upeSee Job 17:3 security for your neighbor,
haveeSee Job 17:3 given your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you aref[ch. 5:22] snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten,1Or humble yourself andg[Luke 11:8; 18:5] plead urgently with your neighbor.
4 hch. 20:13; Ps. 132:4 Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
iSee Ps. 91:3 like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 j[Job 12:7] Go tokch. 30:25 the ant, Olch. 10:26 sluggard;
consider her ways, andmch. 23:19; 27:11 be wise.
7 n[ch. 30:27] Without having any chief,
oEx. 5:6, 15 officer, or ruler,
8 she prepares her breadp[ch. 10:5] in summer
andq[ch. 10:5] gathers her food in harvest.
9 r[Jonah 1:6] How long will you lie there,l[See ver. 6 above] O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 sch. 24:33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
tEccles. 4:5 a littlesch. 24:33 folding of the hands to rest,
11 uch. 24:34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want like an armed man.
12 vch. 16:27 A worthless person, a wicked man,
goes about withwch. 4:24 crooked speech,
13 xch. 10:10; Ps. 35:19 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,
points with his finger,
14 withySee ch. 2:12 perverted heartz[Mic. 2:1]; See ch. 3:29 devises evil,
continuallya[ch. 16:28] sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
bIsa. 30:13, 14; Jer. 19:11 in a moment he will be brokencch. 29:1; 2 Chr. 36:16 beyond healing.
16 There aredSee Job 5:19 six things that the Lord hates,
dSee Job 5:19 seven that are an abomination to him:
17 e[ch. 8:13; 16:5; 21:4]; See Ps. 101:5 haughty eyes,fch. 12:22; 17:7; Ps. 31:18; 120:2 a lying tongue,
andgDeut. 19:10; Isa. 1:15; 59:3, 7 hands that shed innocent blood,
18 hGen. 6:5 a heart that devises wicked plans,
iSee ch. 1:16 feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 jSee Ps. 27:12 a false witness whokch. 12:17; 14:5, 25; 19:5, 9 breathes out lies,
and one whoa[See ver. 14 above] sows discord among brothers.
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lSee ch. 1:8 My son, keep your father's commandment,
lSee ch. 1:8 and forsake not your mother's teaching.
21 mSee ch. 3:3 Bind them on your heart always;
n[Job 31:36] tie them around your neck.
22 oSee ch. 3:23, 24 When you walk, they will lead you;
oSee ch. 3:23, 24 when you lie down, they willpch. 2:11 watch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23 For the commandment isqPs. 119:105; [Ps. 13:3] a lamp and the teaching a light,
and ther[ch. 10:17] reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 to preserve you from the evil woman,
from the smooth tongue ofsSee ch. 2:16 the adulteress.
25 t[Matt. 5:28] Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with heru[2 Kgs. 9:30] eyelashes;
26 forv[ch. 29:3] the price of a prostitute is onlywch. 28:21; 1 Sam. 2:36 a loaf of bread,1Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
but a married womanxEzek. 13:18 hunts down a precious life.
27 Can a man carryyJob 31:12 fire next to hiszPs. 79:12 chest
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can oneaIsa. 43:2 walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches herbch. 16:5 will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
tocJob 38:39 satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31 butd[Ex. 22:4] if he is caught, he will payeSee Ps. 79:12 sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
33 Wounds and dishonor will he get,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 Forfch. 27:4; Song 8:6 jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare wheng[Lev. 20:10] he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.