Proverbs 6:1-5 - Against Pledges

¹ My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor,
Have given a pledge for a stranger,
² If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
³ Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.
⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
⁵ Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.