10 (A)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    (B)a little (C)folding of the hands to rest,
11 (D)and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

12 (E)A worthless person, a wicked man,
    goes about with (F)crooked speech,
13 (G)winks with his eyes, signals[a] with his feet,
    points with his finger,
14 with (H)perverted heart (I)devises evil,
    continually (J)sowing discord;
15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;
    (K)in a moment he will be broken (L)beyond healing.

16 There are (M)six things that the Lord hates,
    (N)seven that are an abomination to him:
17 (O)haughty eyes, (P)a lying tongue,
    and (Q)hands that shed innocent blood,
18 (R)a heart that devises wicked plans,
    (S)feet that make haste to run to evil,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:13 Hebrew scrapes

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