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Proverbs Chapter 6

Proverbs
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Proverbs

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Proverbs Chapter 6 warns that the wicked pursue six dangerous paths that lead to ruin, while the righteous follow a path of peace and wisdom. It contrasts the fleeting, harmful actions of the wicked with the lasting benefits of godly living.

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(1) My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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Proverbs 11:15Proverbs 17:18Proverbs 20:16Proverbs 22:26Proverbs 27:13Genesis 43:9Genesis 44:32Genesis 44:33Job 17:3Philemon 1:18Philemon 1:19Hebrews 7:22

(2) Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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Proverbs 12:13Proverbs 18:7

(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.
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II Samuel 24:14II Chronicles 12:5Psalms 31:8Exodus 10:3II Chronicles 36:12James 4:10

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II Samuel 16:17Proverbs 27:10Luke 11:5

(4) Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Psalms 132:4Ecclesiastes 9:10Matthew 24:17Matthew 24:18Mark 13:35Mark 13:36

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Psalms 132:4Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(5) 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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Proverbs 1:17Psalms 11:1Psalms 124:7

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Leviticus 14:6

(6) Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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Proverbs 1:17Job 12:7Job 12:8Isaiah 1:3Matthew 6:26Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 10:26Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 15:19Proverbs 18:9Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 19:24

(7) Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Job 38:39Job 38:40Job 38:41Job 39:1Job 39:2Job 39:3Job 39:4Job 39:5Job 39:6Job 39:7Job 39:8Job 39:9

(8) Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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Proverbs 30:25I Timothy 6:19

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II Kings 16:15Job 38:41Genesis 41:48Proverbs 10:5Luke 10:2

(9) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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Proverbs 1:22Proverbs 24:33Proverbs 24:34Jeremiah 4:14Psalms 94:8John 1:6Romans 13:11Ephesians 5:14I Thessalonians 5:2I Thessalonians 5:3I Thessalonians 5:4I Thessalonians 5:5

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Psalms 13:1Acts 20:9Habakkuk 1:2Psalms 13:3

(10) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 23:33Proverbs 23:34Proverbs 24:33Proverbs 24:34

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Proverbs 24:33Ecclesiastes 5:12Genesis 19:20Genesis 43:11Exodus 23:30Deuteronomy 7:22

(11) So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 20:4

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Proverbs 24:34

(12) A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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Proverbs 11:6Proverbs 17:4I Samuel 17:28Jeremiah 24:2Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 24:10James 1:21Proverbs 6:14Proverbs 2:12Proverbs 4:24Proverbs 8:13

(13) He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 10:10Job 15:12Psalms 35:19

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38I Corinthians 14:2

(14) Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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Proverbs 2:14Proverbs 16:28Proverbs 16:29Proverbs 16:30Proverbs 21:8Proverbs 6:18Psalms 36:4Isaiah 32:7Isaiah 57:20Ezekiel 11:2Micah 2:1Proverbs 6:19

(15) Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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Proverbs 1:27Proverbs 29:1Psalms 73:18Psalms 73:19Psalms 73:20Isaiah 30:13I Thessalonians 5:3II Chronicles 36:16Psalms 50:22Jeremiah 19:11

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Proverbs 24:22Proverbs 29:1Obadiah 1:13

(16) These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
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Proverbs 8:13Proverbs 30:18Proverbs 30:21Proverbs 30:24Proverbs 30:29Amos 1:3Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Amos 1:11Amos 2:1Amos 2:4Amos 2:6

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II Kings 23:13

(17) A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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Proverbs 30:13Psalms 10:4Psalms 18:27Psalms 73:6Psalms 73:7Psalms 73:8Psalms 101:5Psalms 131:1Isaiah 2:11Isaiah 3:9Isaiah 3:16I Peter 5:5

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II Kings 24:4

(18) An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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Proverbs 24:8Genesis 6:5Psalms 36:4Jeremiah 4:14Micah 2:1Zechariah 8:17Proverbs 1:16Isaiah 59:7Romans 3:15

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(19) A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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Proverbs 12:17Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 25:18Exodus 20:16Exodus 23:1Deuteronomy 19:16Deuteronomy 19:17Deuteronomy 19:18Deuteronomy 19:19Deuteronomy 19:20I Kings 21:10

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Proverbs 14:5Proverbs 14:25Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 19:9Deuteronomy 19:18I Samuel 12:5

(20) My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Proverbs 1:8Proverbs 1:9Proverbs 7:1Proverbs 7:2Proverbs 7:3Proverbs 7:4Proverbs 23:22Proverbs 30:11Deuteronomy 21:18Deuteronomy 27:16Ephesians 6:1

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Luke 12:53Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(21) Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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Proverbs 3:3Proverbs 4:6Proverbs 4:21Proverbs 7:3Proverbs 7:4Exodus 13:16Deuteronomy 6:8II Corinthians 3:3

(22) When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
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Proverbs 2:11Proverbs 3:23Proverbs 3:24Psalms 17:4Psalms 43:3Psalms 119:9Psalms 119:11Psalms 119:24Psalms 119:54Psalms 119:97Psalms 119:148Daniel 11:18

(23) For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
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Psalms 19:8Psalms 119:98Psalms 119:99Psalms 119:100Psalms 119:105Isaiah 8:20II Peter 1:19Revelation 2:5Proverbs 5:12Proverbs 15:31Proverbs 29:15Leviticus 19:17

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Numbers 9:23I John 2:7

(24) To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 7:5Ecclesiastes 7:26

(25) Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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II Samuel 11:2II Samuel 11:3II Samuel 11:4II Samuel 11:5Matthew 5:28James 1:14James 1:15II Kings 9:30Song of Solomon 4:9Isaiah 3:16

(26) For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
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Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 29:3Proverbs 29:8Luke 15:13Luke 15:14Luke 15:15Luke 15:30I Samuel 2:36Genesis 39:14Ezekiel 13:8

(27) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Job 31:9Job 31:10Job 31:11Job 31:12Hosea 7:4Hosea 7:5Hosea 7:6Hosea 7:7James 3:5

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Exodus 4:7

(28) Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38

(29) So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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Genesis 12:18Genesis 12:19Leviticus 20:10II Samuel 11:3II Samuel 11:4II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 16:21Jeremiah 5:8Jeremiah 5:9Ezekiel 22:11Malachi 3:5

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Matthew 5:22Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21

(30) Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
(31) But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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Exodus 22:1Exodus 22:3Exodus 22:4II Samuel 12:6Job 20:18Luke 19:8Matthew 18:25

(32) But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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Proverbs 7:7Genesis 39:9Genesis 39:10Genesis 41:39Ecclesiastes 7:25Ecclesiastes 7:26Jeremiah 5:8Jeremiah 5:21Romans 1:22Romans 1:23Romans 1:24Hosea 4:11

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Matthew 19:9Leviticus 20:10Luke 16:18Ezekiel 18:24Matthew 5:32

(33) A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10Proverbs 5:11Judges 16:19Judges 16:20Judges 16:21Psalms 38:1Psalms 38:2Psalms 38:3Psalms 38:4Psalms 38:5Psalms 38:6

(34) For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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Proverbs 27:4Numbers 5:14Numbers 25:11Judges 19:29Judges 19:30Song of Solomon 8:6I Corinthians 10:22

(35) He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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Proverbs 4:3Proverbs 7:13Proverbs 8:25II Kings 5:1Isaiah 2:9Malachi 2:9

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Ezekiel 16:33Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

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