Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
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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 22:26 : 26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
- Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.
- Job 17:3 : 3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
- Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
- Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
- 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.
- Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 But if he hath wronged thee at all, or oweth [thee] aught, put that to mine account; 19 I Paul write it with mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee that thou owest to me even thine own self besides.
- Heb 7:22 : 22 by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.
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- Prov 17:17-182 verses84%
17 A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
- Prov 6:2-43 verses82%
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 22:24-274 verses81%
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.
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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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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3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
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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.
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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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27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
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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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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
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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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24 He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
- Lev 6:2-43 verses70%
2 If any one sin, and commit a trespass against Jehovah, and deal falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbor,
3 or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these things that a man doeth, sinning therein;
4 then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
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14 And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.
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5 Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
- Deut 24:10-123 verses70%
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;
- Prov 6:20-212 verses70%
20 My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:
21 Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.
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10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
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1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
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6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
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20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
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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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18 For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
- Eccl 5:5-62 verses68%
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?
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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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14 To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
- Prov 5:9-102 verses68%
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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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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2 When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
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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.
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22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;
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21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
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5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.