Study Desk

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another,

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

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

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

then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor!

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!

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

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

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

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

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!

Saying 25

If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family, and do not go to your relative's house when disaster strikes you— better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.