Proverbs 6:1-5
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.
4 Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Get yourself free like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Heb uncertain
Proverbs 6:1-5
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!
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.(E)
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle(F) from the hand of the hunter,(G)
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(H)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
Proverbs 11:15
Common English Bible
15 Guaranteeing the debt of a stranger brings big trouble,
but the one who refuses to shake hands will be secure.
Proverbs 11:15
New International Version
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
New International Version
18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)
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
New International Version
Proverbs 22:7
Common English Bible
7 The wealthy rule over the poor;
a borrower is a slave to a lender.
Proverbs 22:7
New International Version
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
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
New International Version
Saying 4
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
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)
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