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Proverbs 6:8-20 Webster Bible Translation (WBT)

8. Provideth her provisions in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

9. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11. So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

12. A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

13. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

14. Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

15. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

16. These six things doth the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:

17. A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

18. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

19. A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

20. My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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