Proverbs 6:1-5; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:7; Proverbs 22:26-27

Proverbs 6:1-5

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

2 you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth.

3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go—to the point of exhaustion—and give your neighbor no rest!

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

Proverbs 20:16

16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.

Proverbs 22:7

7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:26-27

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.