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Practical Admonitions

My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
    if you have bound yourself to another,[a]
you are snared by the utterance of your lips,[b]
    caught by the words of your mouth.
So do this, my child, and save yourself,
    for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
    go, hurry,[c] and plead with your neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Or a stranger
  2. Proverbs 6:2 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb the words of your mouth
  3. Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself

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