6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
² thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
when thou art come into the hand of thy friend;
go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids.
⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it:
    and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands,
    and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:
    and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.