4 aGive no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand
of the hunter,And like a bird from the hand of the
1 fowler.
The Folly of Indolence
6 aGo to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no
1 captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her
1 supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 aHow long will you
1 slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 aSo shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
The Wicked Man
12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 aHe
1 winks with his eyes,
He shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;
14 Perversity
is in his heart,
aHe devises evil continually,
bHe sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come
asuddenly;
Suddenly he shall
bbe broken
cwithout remedy.
16 These six
things the
Lord hates,
Yes, seven
are an abomination to
1 Him:
17 a1A proud look,
bA lying tongue,
cHands that shed innocent blood,
18 aA heart that devises wicked plans,
bFeet that are swift in running to evil,
19 aA false witness
who speaks lies,
And one who
bsows discord among brethren.
Beware of Adultery
20 aMy son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
21 aBind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
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