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1 MY son, if you have become surety for your friend, if you have obligated yourself to a stranger, 2 Then you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are caught with the words of your lips. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself because, for the sake of your friend, you have fallen into the hands of your enemies; go, therefore, and stir up your friend for whom you have become surety to meet his obligation. 4 You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the snare, and like a bird from the hand of the fowler. Proverbs 6:1-5, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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