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Proverbs 6:1-3
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Proverbs 6:1-3
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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—
2 if you have trapped yourself by your agreement
and are caught by what you said—
3 follow my advice and save yourself,
for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy.
Now swallow your pride;
go and beg to have your name erased.
Footnotes
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 6:1-3
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Proverbs 6:1-3
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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!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
Proverbs 17:18
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Proverbs 17:18
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18 It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt
or put up security for a friend.
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
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Proverbs 20:16
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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.
Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 22:7
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Proverbs 22:7
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7 Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant 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 27:13
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Proverbs 27:13
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13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Proverbs 27:13
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Proverbs 27:13
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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)
Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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26 Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt
or put up security for someone else.
27 If you can’t pay it,
even your bed will be snatched from under you.
Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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