Proverbs 5:10
New American Standard Bible
10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;
Proverbs 5:10
New Living Translation
10 Strangers will consume your wealth,
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Proverbs 6:1
New American Standard Bible
Parental Counsel
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
New Living Translation
Lessons for Daily Life
6 My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—
Footnotes
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 11:15
New American Standard Bible
15 One who is a (A)guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it,
But one who hates [a]being a guarantor is secure.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:15 Lit those who strike hands
Proverbs 11:15
New Living Translation
15 There’s danger in putting up security for a stranger’s debt;
it’s safer not to guarantee another person’s debt.
Proverbs 20:16
New American Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.
Proverbs 20:16
New Living Translation
16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
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