Proverbs 6:1-5
Legacy Standard Bible
Practical Warnings
6 My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your [a]hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 If you have been snared with the words of your mouth,
Have been caught with the words of your mouth,
3 Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the [b]hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.
4 Give no (B)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a (C)bird from the hand of the fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit palms
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit palm
Proverbs 11:15
Legacy Standard Bible
15 If one becomes a (A)guarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,
But he who hates [a]striking hands in pledge is secure.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 11:15 Or being a guarantor
Proverbs 17:18
Legacy Standard Bible
18 A man lacking a heart of wisdom (A)strikes his [a]hands in pledge
And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit palms
Proverbs 20:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Legacy Standard Bible
26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms
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