Proverbs 6:1–5

Warnings Against Folly

6 My son,g if you have put up securityh for your neighbor,i

if you have shaken hands in pledgej for a stranger,

2 you have been trapped by what you said,

ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,

since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:

Go—to the point of exhaustion—a

and give your neighbor no rest!

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,

no slumber to your eyelids.k

5 Free yourself, like a gazellel from the hand of the hunter,m

like a bird from the snare of the fowler.n