“My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, and art snared with the words of thy mouth, and art taken with thine own speeches. For to be surety for a friend is to take charge of the soul of another on the surety of one's own behaviour. Whence also the hand is stricken with a…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Pastoral Rule 3.4
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2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
— Proverbs 6:2 —
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.