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1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, If thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger-- 2 Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, Thou art caught by the words of thy mouth-- 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; Go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. Proverbs 6:1-5, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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