A moment in scripture
Proverbs 6:3
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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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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- Proverbs 6:2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Proverbs 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Proverbs 6:5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.