Proverbs

For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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My son, keep thy father"s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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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.
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
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His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
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Let them be only thine own, and not strangers" with thee.
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