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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger,

thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: Go, humble thyself, so that thou shalt prevail with thy friend.

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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken [a]thy hands for a stranger;
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself,
Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor:
Go, [b]humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Or, thy hand with a stranger
  2. Proverbs 6:3 Or, bestir

18 A man void of understanding shaketh hands in pledge, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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18 A man void of [a]understanding striketh hands,
And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:18 Hebrew heart.

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And [a]hold him in pledge that is surety for [b]foreigners.

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  1. Proverbs 20:16 Or, take a pledge of him
  2. Proverbs 20:16 Another reading is, a foreign woman.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, but take a pledge from him for a strange woman.

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13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;
And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.

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26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;

27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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