Proverbs 6:1 says, My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,  This is a warning about becoming indebted to or entangled in the things of this world.  If we go into debt, or if we have others indebted to us, this can become a concern that might lead us away from worshipping and following God.  Most of our borrowing today is done with strangers, and we are to be wary of entering into such deals.  I believe that the overall warning is to not allow ourselves to get to the point where debt controls our lives.  Verse two states, Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.  I believe this means that when we promise something, either as the borrower or the lender, that we are bound by our word, and this can lead us into the trap of having to spend too much time concerned with the things of this world instead of the things of God.  Even easy credit must be repaid.  Verse three says, Do 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.  We are advised to humble ourselves and make things right between our friend and us if we have a problem with them, especially about money.  Even if we cannot satisfy the debt immediately, we should not just ignore the friend.  Verse four adds, Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.  We are called on to deal with the situation today.  We do not need to sleep on it to decide what to do.  Verse five says, Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.  We are to go as the animal caught by the hunter.  Neither the deer nor the fowl is in control, but must rely on the mercy of the hunter in order to be saved.  We are to go to those we are indebted if we are having trouble repaying them with the same attitude, especially if it is a friend we are indebted to.  Verse six states, Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:  We are advised to learn form the ant, which is but a lowly insect.  Then, the next two verses tell us what we are to learn.  Verse seven says, Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,   Then, verse eight concludes, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.  Instead of being sluggards, we should learn from the ant to work without the need for someone to tell us or force us to.  We should be busy preparing for God's coming kingdom.  I believe that this is more than just a call to be busy about the things of this world, but is a call for to be busy with the purpose of doing what is right for God.  Verse nine asks, How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?  I believe that question concerns not physical sleep, but spiritual sleep.  We may be wide awake physically and still be asleep spiritually, and I believe this is a call for us to be spiritually awake.  Verse ten says, Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:  Then verse eleven adds, So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.  We can apply this to material needs, but again, I believe the meaning is much more than that.  When we are spiritually slumbering or sleeping, we are in poverty in our relationship to God.  God expects us to be busy spreading His message and His love to the world.