1 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighboror shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
2 you will be trapped by your words;you will be caught by your words.
3 Do this, my son, to get out of it,for you have come under the control of your neighbor.So go, humble yourself, and pester your neighbor.
4 Don’t give sleep to your eyesor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter,like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you lazy person;observe its ways and grow wise.
7 The ant has no commander, officer, or ruler.