Proverbs 6:1-5
Modern English Version
Warning Against Pledges
6 My son, if you put up a security for your friend,
if you have shaken hands with a stranger,
2 you are snared with the words of your mouth;
you are taken with the words of your mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself;
when you have come into the hand of your friend,
go and humble yourself;
plead with your friend.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,
nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself as a doe from the hand of the hunter,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 11:15
Modern English Version
15 He who puts up a pledge for a stranger will suffer for it,
and he who hates being a pledge is secure.
Proverbs 17:18
Modern English Version
18 A man void of understanding shakes hands,
and becomes a pledge in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 20:16
Modern English Version
16 Take the garment of him who is a pledge for a stranger,
and hold it as a security when it is for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Modern English Version
Saying Four
26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
or of those who use securities for debts;
27 if you have nothing to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you?
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