Proverbs 6:3-5

New Living Translation

³ follow my advice and save yourself,
    for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
    go and beg to have your name erased.
⁴ Don’t put it off; do it now!
    Don’t rest until you do.
⁵ Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
    like a bird fleeing from a net.