Proverbs 6:1-5 - Against Pledges

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; ² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; ⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; ⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter , And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.