Proverbs
Chapters 6:1-6
New International Version Anglicized
1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour,if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2you have been trapped by what you said,ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3So do this, my son, to free yourself,since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands:go – to the point of exhaustion –and give your neighbour no rest!
4Allow no sleep to your eyes,no slumber to your eyelids.
5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6Go to the ant, you sluggard;consider its ways and be wise!