Proverbs 6:1-8

¹My son, if thou hast become surety for another, If thou hast stricken hands for another,

²If thou hast become ensnared by the words of thy mouth, If thou hast been caught by the words of thy mouth,

³Do this now, my son, and rescue thyself,—Since thou hast fallen into the hands of thy neighbor,—Go, prostrate thyself, and be urgent with thy neighbor!

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

⁵Rescue thyself, as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁶Go to the ant, O sluggard! Consider her ways, and be wise!

⁷She hath no governor, Nor overseer, nor ruler;

⁸Yet she prepareth in the summer her food, She gathereth in the harvest her meat.