Proverbs 6:1-5
Authorized (King James) Version
6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken 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 art come into the hand of thy friend;
go, humble thyself, and make sure 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.
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
Authorized (King James) Version
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it:
and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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
Authorized (King James) Version
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety 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
Authorized (King James) Version
16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:
and take a pledge of him for a strange 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 22:26-27
Authorized (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?
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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