Proverbs 5:10
Modern English Version
10 lest strangers be filled with your wealth,
and your labors go to the house of a stranger;
Proverbs 5:10
Lexham English Bible
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Proverbs 6:1
Modern English Version
Warning Against Pledges
6 My son, if you put up a security for your friend,
if you have shaken hands with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
Lexham English Bible
Against Pledges
6 My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself[a] to the stranger,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Literally “palms of your hands”
Proverbs 11:15
Modern English Version
15 He who puts up a pledge for a stranger will suffer for it,
and he who hates being a pledge is secure.
Proverbs 11:15
Lexham English Bible
15 He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger,
but he who refuses a pledge is safe.
Proverbs 20:16
Modern English Version
16 Take the garment of him who is a pledge for a stranger,
and hold it as a security when it is for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:16
Lexham English Bible
16 Take his garment, for he has given security to a stranger,
and on behalf of a foreigner—take it as pledge.
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