Proverbs 6:1-5
New Century Version
Dangers of Being Foolish
6 My child, be careful about giving a guarantee for somebody else’s loan,
about promising to pay what someone else owes.
2 You might get trapped by what you say;
you might be caught by your own words.
3 My child, if you have done this and are under your neighbor’s control,
here is how to get free.
Don’t be proud. Go to your neighbor
and beg to be free from your promise.
4 Don’t go to sleep
or even rest your eyes,
5 but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter,
like a bird flying away from a trapper.
Proverbs 11:15
New Century Version
15 Whoever guarantees to pay somebody else’s loan will suffer.
It is safer to avoid such promises.
Proverbs 17:18
New Century Version
18 It is not wise to promise
to pay what your neighbor owes.
Proverbs 20:16
New Century Version
16 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s debts,
and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.
Proverbs 22:26-27
New Century Version
26 Don’t promise to pay what someone else owes,
and don’t guarantee anyone’s loan.
27 If you cannot pay the loan,
your own bed may be taken right out from under you.
The Holy Bible, New Century Version®. Copyright © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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