Proverbs 6:2-4

New International Version

²you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.
³So do this, my son, to free yourself,
    since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—^[a]
    and give your neighbor no rest!
⁴Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.^(A)

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Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

Proverbs 6:2-4

King James Version

²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:2-4

English Standard Version

²if you are ^(A)snared in the words of your mouth,
    caught in the words of your mouth,
³then do this, my son, and save yourself,
    for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
    go, hasten,^[a] and ^(B)plead urgently with your neighbor.
⁴^(C)Give your eyes no sleep
    and your eyelids no slumber;

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Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself

Proverbs 6:2-4

New American Standard Bible

²If you have been ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Or caught by the words of your mouth,
³Then do this, my son, and save yourself:
Since you have come into the ^[a]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and be urgent with your neighbor to free yourself.
⁴Give no ^(A)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;