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Proverbs 6:6

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6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; 1 

observe its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 23:26

Context

23:26 Give me your heart, my son, 2 

and let your eyes observe my ways;

1 sn The sluggard (עָצֵל, ’atsel) is the lazy or sluggish person (cf. NCV “lazy person”; NRSV, NLT “lazybones”).

2 tn Heb “my son”; the reference to a “son” is retained in the translation here because in the following lines the advice is to avoid women who are prostitutes.



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