Proverbs 6:1-3
Common English Bible
Wise advice
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,
2 you will be trapped by your words;
you will be caught by your words.
3 Do this, my son, to get out of it,
for you have come under the control of your neighbor.
So go, humble yourself,[a] and pester your neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 17:18
Common English Bible
18 One with no sense shakes hands on a deal,
securing a loan for a friend.
Proverbs 20:16
Common English Bible
16 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
take his pledge for a foreigner.
Proverbs 22:7
Common English Bible
7 The wealthy rule over the poor;
a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 27:13
Common English Bible
13 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
take his pledge for a foreigner.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Common English Bible
26 Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.
27 If you can’t repay,
why should they be able to take your bed from you?
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