Proverbs 22:26
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 11:15 : 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
- Prov 17:18 : 18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
- Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
- Prov 6:1-5 : 1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for 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, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor; 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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- Prov 22:27-282 verses82%
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- Prov 6:1-44 verses81%
1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for 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, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
- Prov 22:24-252 verses80%
24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
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15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.
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18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
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3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
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25 If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.
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13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.
- Deut 24:10-123 verses74%
10 When thou dost lend thy neighbor any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee.
12 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge;
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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
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6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
- Eccl 5:4-52 verses72%
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- Lev 25:36-372 verses72%
36 Take thou no interest of him or increase, but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
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12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
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18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
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6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
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7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them;
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1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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1 Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
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15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:
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5 He that putteth not out his money to interest, Nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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4 Weary not thyself to be rich; Cease from thine own wisdom.
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6 Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:
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8 he that hath not given forth upon interest, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man,
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7 The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
- Prov 5:9-102 verses70%
9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,
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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
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17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
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9 Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;
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11 the oath of Jehovah shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
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8 Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
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26 Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
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22 Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
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32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
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19 Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother; interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that is lent upon interest:
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21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
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26 For Jehovah will be thy confidence, And will keep thy foot from being taken.
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6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.