Proverbs 6:1-3
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,(A)
2 you have been snared by the words of your mouth—
trapped by the words from 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.
Proverbs 6:1-3
New Living Translation
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.
Notas al pie
- 6:1 Hebrew My son.
Proverbs 17:18
Christian Standard Bible
Notas al pie
- 17:18 Lit sense slaps hands
Proverbs 17:18
New Living Translation
18 It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt
or put up security for a friend.
Proverbs 20:16
Christian Standard Bible
16 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)
Proverbs 20:16
New Living Translation
16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Notas al pie
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
Proverbs 22:7
Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 22:7
New Living Translation
7 Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 27:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[a](A)
Notas al pie
- 27:13 Lit a foreign woman
Proverbs 27:13
New Living Translation
13 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
Proverbs 22:26-27
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 nothing with which to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)
Notas al pie
- 22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers
Proverbs 22:26-27
New Living Translation
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.
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