Proverbs 6:1-5
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Dangers of Being Foolish
6 My child, be careful about giving a guarantee for somebody else.
Be careful about promising to pay what someone else owes.
2 You might get trapped by what you say.
You might be caught by your own words.
3 My child, you might do this and be under somebody’s control.
Then here is how to get free.
Go to your neighbor and don’t be proud.
Beg him to free you from your promise.
4 Don’t go to sleep.
Don’t even rest your eyes.
5 But free yourself like a deer running from a hunter.
Free yourself like a bird flying away from a trapper.
Proverbs 11:15
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15 Whoever guarantees to pay what somebody else owes will suffer.
It is safer to avoid such promises.
Proverbs 17:18
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18 It is not wise to promise
to pay what your neighbor owes.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
Proverbs 22:7
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7 The rich rule over the poor.
And borrowers become servants to those who lend.
Proverbs 22:26-27
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26 Don’t promise to pay what someone else owes.
And don’t give guarantees that you will pay what he owes.
27 If you cannot pay what he owes,
your own bed will be taken and sold.
Proverbs 27:13
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13 Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.
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