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 6:1-5
21st Century King James Version
6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand with a stranger,
2 thou art snared with the words of thy mouth; thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself when thou hast come into the hand of thy friend: Go, humble thyself, so that thou shalt prevail with thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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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 11:15
21st Century King James Version
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, and he that hateth suretyship is sure.
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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 17:18
21st Century King James Version
18 A man void of understanding shaketh hands in pledge, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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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 20:16
21st Century King James Version
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Proverbs 22:7
Modern English Version
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
21st Century King James Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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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?
Proverbs 22:26-27
21st Century King James Version
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;
27 if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Proverbs 27:13
Modern English Version
13 Take his garment that is security for a stranger,
and take a pledge of him for an adulterous woman.
Proverbs 27:13
21st Century King James Version
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, but take a pledge from him for a strange woman.
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