6 My son, don’t promise to pay for what your neighbor owes.
    Don’t agree to pay a stranger’s bill.
² Don’t be trapped by what you have said.
    Don’t be caught by the words of your mouth.
³ Instead, my son, do something to free yourself.
    Don’t fall into your neighbor’s hands.
Go until you can’t go anymore.
    Don’t let your neighbor rest.
⁴ Don’t let your eyes go to sleep.
    Don’t let your eyelids close.
⁵ As a deer frees itself from a hunter, free yourself.
    As a bird frees itself from a trapper, free yourself.

²⁶ Don’t agree to pay for what someone else owes.
    And don’t agree to pay their bills for them.
²⁷ If you don’t have the money to pay,
    your bed will be taken right out from under you!