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

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for 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, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

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.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for foreigners.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his `gain', `And' he that giveth to the rich, `shall come' only to want.

²⁶ Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.

²⁷ If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?