1My son, if you have put upsecurity for your neighbor,havegiven your pledge for a stranger,2if you aresnared in the words of your mouth,caught in the words of your mouth,3then do this, my son, and save yourself,for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:go, hasten,[a]andplead urgently with your neighbor.4Give your eyes no sleepand your eyelids no slumber;5save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,[b]like a bird from the hand of the fowler.6Go tothe ant, Osluggard;consider her ways, andbe wise.7Without having any chief,officer, or ruler,8she prepares her breadin summerandgathers her food in harvest.9How long will you lie there,O sluggard?When will you arise from your sleep?10A little sleep, a little slumber,a littlefolding of the hands to rest,11and poverty will come upon you like a robber,and want like an armed man.12A worthless person, a wicked man,goes about withcrooked speech,13winks with his eyes, signals[c]with his feet,points with his finger,14withperverted heartdevises evil,continuallysowing discord;15therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;in a moment he will be brokenbeyond healing.16There aresix things that theLordhates,seven that are an abomination to him:17haughty eyes,a lying tongue,andhands that shed innocent blood,18a heart that devises wicked plans,feet that make haste to run to evil,19a false witness whobreathes out lies,and one whosows discord among brothers.