you have been trapped by the words of your lips[a]
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:2 Lit mouth

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