Proverbs 6:1-5 - Against Pledges

¹ My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,
² you have been trapped by the words of your lips—
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
³ Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
⁴ Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
⁵ Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.