Proverbs 6:1-5
GOD’S WORD Translation
Avoid Disaster
6 My son,
if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
or pledge yourself for a stranger with a handshake,
2 you are trapped by the words of your own mouth,
caught by your own promise.
3 Do the following things, my son, so that you may free yourself,
because you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Humble yourself,
and pester your neighbor.
4 Don’t let your eyes rest
or your eyelids close.
5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter
and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.
Proverbs 17:17
GOD’S WORD Translation
17 A friend always loves,
and a brother is born to share trouble.
Proverbs 24:10
GOD’S WORD Translation
10 If you faint in a crisis, you are weak.
Proverbs 27:10
GOD’S WORD Translation
10 Do not abandon your friend or your father’s friend.
Do not go to a relative’s home when you are in trouble.
A neighbor living nearby is better than a relative far away.
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