Proverbs 6:1-5 - Against Pledges

¹ My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor, [if] you have bound {yourself} to the stranger, ² [if] you are snared by the sayings of your mouth, [if] you are caught by the sayings of your mouth, ³ do this, then, my child, and save yourself, for you have come into {the palm of your neighbor's hand}: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor. ⁴ Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids. ⁵ Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand, or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.