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## Proverbs 6:1-4 in Context (Verses 1–7 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/1) My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, *if* thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
 
 [2 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/2) Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
 
 [3 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/3) 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.*
 
 [4 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/4) Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/5) Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand *of the hunter*, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/6) ¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
 
 [7 ](/kjv/proverbs/6/7) Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
 
[Proverbs 5](/kjv/proverbs/5) [Proverbs 7](/kjv/proverbs/7)

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