Proverbs 6:1-3
New International Version
Warnings Against Folly
6 My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
and give your neighbor no rest!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
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 6:1-3
King James Version
6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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Proverbs 17:18
New International Version
18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 17:18
Common English Bible
18 One with no sense shakes hands on a deal,
securing a loan for a friend.
Proverbs 17:18
King James Version
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Proverbs 20:16
New International Version
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 20:16
King James Version
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 22:7
New International Version
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
Common English Bible
7 The wealthy rule over the poor;
a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 22:7
King James Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Proverbs 27:13
New International Version
13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.(A)
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 27:13
King James Version
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 22:26-27
New International Version
Saying 4
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?
Proverbs 22:26-27
King James Version
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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