Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 6:5
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 6
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
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