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1 My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider, 2 then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words. 3 Therefore, my son, do what I say, and free yourself, for you have fallen into the hand of your neighbor. Run, hurry, awaken your friend. 4 Do not grant sleep to your eyes, nor let your eyelids slumber. 5 Rescue yourself like a gazelle from the hand, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. 7 For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, 8 she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat. Proverbs 6:1-8, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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