The 6th chapter of Proverbs opens with the words: “My son, if you have gone surety for your fellowman, if you have given your handshake even to the stranger, if you have been ensnared by the sayings of your mouth, if you have been caught by the sayings of your mouth, take this action then, my son, and deliver yourself, for you have come into the palm of your fellowman: Go humble yourself and storm your fellowman with importunities. ” ​ — Proverbs 6: 1 - 3.
Bëj këtë, pra, biri im dhe shpengohu, sepse ke rënë në duart e të afërmit tënd. Shko, hidhu në këmbët e tij dhe ngul këmbë me të madhe te i afërmi yt. » ​ — Fjalët e urta 6: 1 - 3.