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Ezra Chapter 6

1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a

6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 6:7

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of

12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth

15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be

16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an

20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of

22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 6:29 So

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding:

33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in

35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content,