Proverbs 6:3 {4}
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Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.

Proverbs 6:2
Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend:

Proverbs 6:4
Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.

when

2 Samuel 24:14 And David said to Gad: I am in a great strait: but it is better that I should fall into the hands of the Lord (for his mercies are many) than into the hands of men.

2 Chronicles 12:5 And Semeias the prophet came to Roboam, and to the princes of Juda, that were gathered together in Jerusalem, fleeing from Sesac, and he said to them: Thus saith the Lord: You have left me, and I have left you in the hand of Sesac.

Psalm 31:8 And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

go

Exodus 10:3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.

2 Chronicles 36:12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of the Lord.

James 4:10 Be humbled in the sight of the Lord: and he will exalt you.

and make sure thy friend

Context
Warnings Against Foolishness
2Do, therefore, my son, what I say, and deliver thyself: because thou art fallen into the hand of thy neighbour. Run about, make haste, stir up thy friend: 3Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.4Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.…
Lexicon
then
אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ (’ê·p̄ō·w)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 645: Here, now, then

do
עֲשֵׂ֨ה (‘ă·śêh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

this,
זֹ֥את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

my son,
בְּנִ֡י (bə·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

to free yourself,
וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל (wə·hin·nā·ṣêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5337: To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver

for
כִּ֘י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you have fallen
בָ֤אתָ (ḇā·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

into your neighbor’s
רֵעֶ֑ךָ (rê·‘e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

hands:
בְכַף־ (ḇə·ḵap̄-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

Go,
לֵ֥ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

humble yourself,
הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס (hiṯ·rap·pês)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7511: To trample, prostrate

and press your plea
וּרְהַ֥ב (ū·rə·haḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7292: To urge severely, importune, embolden, capture, act insolently

with your neighbor.
רֵעֶֽיךָ׃ (rê·‘e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow


Additional Translations
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.Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbour.

Do 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.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,
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