Proverbs
Chapters 6:1-4
Amplified Bible
1MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another,
2You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.
3Do this now [at once and earnestly], my son, and deliver yourself when you have put yourself into the power of your neighbor; go, bestir and humble yourself, and beg your neighbor [to pay his debt and thereby release you].
4Give not [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids;