Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber; save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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