Proverbs 6:1-6

¹My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger —

²Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth —

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour.

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;