Proverbs 6:1-5 ▼

1 My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor, If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family],

2 If you have been snared with the words of your lips, If you have been trapped by the speech of your mouth,

3 Do this now, my son, and release yourself [from the obligation]; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor [to pay his debt and release you].

4 Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;

5 Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.