Proverbs 6:1-5

KJ2000(i) 1 My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have struck your hand with a stranger, 2 You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and plead with your friend. 4 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.