Proverbs 6:1-6

¹My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger;

²If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:

³Then do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend.

⁴Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

⁵Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁶Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.