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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 6, Verse 8

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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
King James Version
Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
American Standard Version
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
New English Translation
yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat.
World English Bible
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
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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:
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,