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Proverbs 6:1 - 6:5

Practical Warnings

My son, if you have become a guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
2
If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3
Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.
4
Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 11:15

15
If one becomes a guarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,
But he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

Proverbs 17:18

18
A man lacking a heart of wisdom strikes his hands in pledge
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.

Proverbs 20:16

16
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.

Proverbs 22:7

7
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Proverbs 22:26 - 22:27


26
Do not be among those who strike hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27
If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?

Proverbs 27:13

13
Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize it as a pledge.