Proverbs 6:1-5
International Standard Version
The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans
6 My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,
2 trapped by your own words,
and caught by your own words,
3 then do this, my son, and deliver yourself,
because you have come under your neighbor’s control.[b]
Go, humble yourself!
Plead passionately with your neighbor!
4 Don’t allow yourself to sleep
or even to close your eyes.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hunter’s hand,[c]
or like a bird from a fowler’s hand.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands
- Proverbs 6:3 Lit. into the hands of your neighbor
- Proverbs 6:5 So MT; LXX Syr Targ read from the hunter; or a noose
Proverbs 11:15
International Standard Version
15 Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering,
but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.
Proverbs 17:18
International Standard Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
- Proverbs 17:18 Lit. sense strikes the palm
Proverbs 20:16
International Standard Version
16 Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.
Proverbs 22:7
International Standard Version
7 The wealthy rule over the poor,
and anyone who borrows is a slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:26-27
International Standard Version
26 Don’t be one of those who make promises
to guarantee loans for debts.
27 If you don’t have the ability to pay,
why should your very bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 27:13
International Standard Version
13 Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.
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