1 My son, if youi be surety for youi friend, [if] youi have stricken youi hand with a stranger,
2 youi are snared with the words of youi mouth, youi are taken with the words of youi mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when youi are come into the hand of youi friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure youi friend.
4 Give not sleep to youi eyes, nor slumber to youi eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.