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Proverbs 6:1-5
The Voice
Proverbs 6:1-5
The Voice
6 My son, if you will risk your family’s future to put up collateral for the debts of an acquaintance,
if you seal a commitment with a handshake to someone without first knowing the value of his word,
2 Then your words may well be the trap that snares you,
and your promise may seal your fate.
You can’t be sure to whom you hitched your future.
3 So, my son—save yourself! Here’s what you need to do:
go to that person who became your master with a handshake,
humble yourself, and plead your case.
4 Do not sleep;
don’t even rest your eyes until you deal with this.
5 Get out as quickly as possible,
as a gazelle runs from the hand of the hunter,
as a bird takes off from the grip of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:1-5
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Proverbs 6:1-5
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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
The Voice
Proverbs 11:15
The Voice
15 Trouble compounds when you guarantee a stranger’s debt,
but you’ll be safe if you refuse the pledge.
Proverbs 11:15
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Proverbs 11:15
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Proverbs 17:18
The Voice
Proverbs 17:18
The Voice
18 Only a fool shakes hands on a deal
and guarantees repayment of someone else’s loan.
Proverbs 17:18
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Proverbs 17:18
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18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 20:16
The Voice
Proverbs 20:16
The Voice
16 If someone guarantees a stranger’s debt, hold his garment as collateral;
if that stranger is a foreigner, hold the creditor responsible.
Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 22:7
The Voice
Proverbs 22:7
The Voice
7 The rich lord it over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:26-27
The Voice
Proverbs 22:26-27
The Voice
26 Do not be a person to guarantee someone else’s loan
or put up collateral for the debts of an acquaintance;
27 For if you do and you can’t repay,
won’t you risk having your bed ripped out from under you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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Saying 4
Proverbs 27:13
The Voice
Proverbs 27:13
The Voice
13 If someone guarantees a stranger’s debt, hold his garment as collateral;
if that guarantee is for the debt of a foreigner, make sure you get a deposit.
Proverbs 27:13
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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)
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