Verse 1

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever. 33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he has done you any wrong or is in debt to you for anything, put it to my account. 19 I, Paul, writing this myself, say, I will make payment to you: and I do not say to you that you are in debt to me even for your life.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much is it a better agreement which we have through Jesus.