Proverbs 6:2-4

New International Version

²you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.
³So do this, my son, to free yourself,
    since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—^[a]
    and give your neighbor no rest!
⁴Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.^(A)

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Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,

Proverbs 6:2-4

New King James Version

²You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
³So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
⁴^(A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.