1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth.You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,since you have come into the hand of your neighbor.Go, humble yourself.Press your plea with your neighbor.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard.Consider her ways, and be wise;
7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,