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Proverbs 6:5
Proverbs 6:5 is verse 5 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Hebrew does not include of the hunter.
King James Version
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
World English Bible
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
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Proverbs 6:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 1:17How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
Psalms 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.