Proverbs 6:3
“Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.”
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Proverbs 6:3 Context
1My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth. 3Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend. 4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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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.
- King James Version
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
- New American Standard Version (1995)