FINANCIAL ENTANGLEMENTS

6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighborB

or entered into an agreement withC a stranger,j

2 you have been snared by the words of your mouth

trapped by the words from your mouth.

3 Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,

for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:

Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

4 Don’t give sleep to your eyes

or slumber to your eyelids.k

5 Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,D

like a bird from a hunter’s trap.D,l

LAZINESS

6 Go to the ant,m you slacker!n

Observe its ways and become wise.