Verse 8
Proverbs 6:8
Free Bible Version
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yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תָּכִ֣ין בַּ/קַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑/הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝/קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽ/הּ
English Translation
She prepares in the summer her bread; she gathers in the harvest her food.
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Chapter 6 Context
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My son, suppose you have pledged to guarantee your neighbor's debt, or you have shaken hands in agre...
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then you've trapped yourself by what you promised, you've been caught by what you said.
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So this is what you have to do. You need to get out of it, because you've put yourself in that perso...
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Don't delay, saying that you'll sleep on it. Don't rest until you've done it.
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Get out of it like a gazelle escaping from a trap, like a bird from a bird-catcher's net.
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Go and observe the ants, you slacker! Learn from what they do and become wise.
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They don't have a leader, an officer, or a ruler,
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yet they work hard during the summer getting their food, gathering what they need during the harvest...
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So how long are you going to lie there, you slacker? When are you going to get up from your sleep?
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You may say, “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the...
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and poverty will attack you like a robber, destitution like an armed warrior.
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Rebellious and wicked people go around telling lies,
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winking slyly, giving sneaky foot gestures, rudely pointing with their fingers.
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Their warped minds plot evil schemes; they're always causing trouble.
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As a result, disaster falls suddenly on such people; in just a moment they're destroyed without hope...
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There are six things that the Lord hates, seven things that he absolutely detests:
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arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,
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a mind that plots evil schemes, feet that hurriedly run to do wrong,
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a false witness that speaks lies, those who caused arguments in families.
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My son, pay attention to your father's instruction, and don't reject your mother's teaching.
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Keep them always in mind. Tie them around your neck.
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They will lead you as you walk along; they will watch over you as you sleep; when you wake up they w...
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For the instruction is a lamp, and the teaching is a light. The correction that comes from disciplin...
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Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
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You can buy a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery with another man's wife can...
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Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes?
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Can you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet?
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It's the same for anyone who sleeps with another man's wife. No one who touches her will remain unpu...
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But if he's caught, he has to pay back seven times what he stole, even if it means handing over ever...
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Any man who commits adultery with a woman has no sense; he who does so destroys himself.
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He will be wounded and dishonored. His disgrace will never be removed.
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For jealousy makes a husband furious, and he won't hold back when he takes revenge.
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He refuses any compensation, and won't be paid off, however big the amount.
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