Proverbs 6:1-6 Modern English Version (MEV)

1. My son, if you put up a security for your friend,if you have shaken hands 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 and humble yourself;plead with your friend.

4. Give no sleep to your eyes,nor slumber to your eyelids.

5. Deliver yourself as a doe from the hand of the hunter,and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6. Go to the ant, you sluggard!Consider her ways and be wise.

Proverbs 6