Proverbs 6:1-4

¹My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, Thou shalt deliver thy hand to an enemy.

²For a man’s own lips become a strong snare to him, And he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

³My 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.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber with thine eyelids;