Proverbs 6:1-10

¹My son, if thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand for a stranger,

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, since thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: go, humble thyself, and be urgent with thy friend.

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

⁵deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

⁷which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

⁸provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁹How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

¹⁰A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!