Proverbs 5:10
World English Bible
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth,
and your labors enrich another man’s house.
Proverbs 5:10
New Living Translation
10 Strangers will consume your wealth,
and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor.
Proverbs 6:1
World English Bible
6 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1
New Living Translation
Lessons for Daily Life
6 My child,[a] if you have put up security for a friend’s debt
or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—
Footnotes
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 11:15
World English Bible
15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
Proverbs 11:15
New Living Translation
15 There’s danger in putting up security for a stranger’s debt;
it’s safer not to guarantee another person’s debt.
Proverbs 20:16
World English Bible
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:16
New Living Translation
16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
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