Proverbs 6:1-3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Financial Entanglements
6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,[c](A)
2 you have been trapped by the words of your lips[d]—
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Or friend
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit or shaken hands for or with
- Proverbs 6:1 The Hb word for stranger can refer to a foreigner, an Israelite outside one’s family, or simply to another person.
- Proverbs 6:2 Lit mouth
Proverbs 17:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit sense shakes hands
Proverbs 20:16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:16 A debtor’s outer garment was held as collateral.
Proverbs 22:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[b](A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
- Proverbs 27:13 Lit a foreign woman
Proverbs 22:26-27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands
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