Wisdom for the Generations (Proverbs 6:1-19)
John Parker, 5th June 2016Part of the Study of Proverbs series, preached at a Fordham Sunday Service service
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6:2 if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
6:3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor!
6:4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
6:5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
6:7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
6:8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
6:9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-
6:11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.
6:12 A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
6:13 who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,
6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart- he always stirs up dissension.
6:15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed-without remedy.
6:16 There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him:
6:17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
6:18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,
6:19 a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.
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