Proverbs 6:5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
In context
2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth. 3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion— and give your neighbor no rest! 4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no 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 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:5 in the KJV
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:5 in the ESV
save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.