Proverbs 6:1-3
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Practical Admonitions
6 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)
2 you are snared by the utterance of your lips,[b]
caught by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
go, hurry,[c] and plead with your neighbor.
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.
Notas al pie
- 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
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18 It is senseless to give a pledge,
to become surety for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 17:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit sense shakes hands
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 20:16 A debtor’s outer garment was held as collateral.
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.(A)
Proverbs 22:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 27:13
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13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.[a](A)
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)
Notas al pie
- 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
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26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.(A)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
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)
Notas al pie
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands
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