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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 6) Proverbs 6:4-5 KJV
"Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler."
Proverbs 6:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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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.*
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.