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

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

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Hebrew heart.

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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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 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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