Proverbs 6:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 10:3 : 3 And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Jehovah; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
  • 2 Chr 12:5 : 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
  • 2 Chr 36:12 : 12 and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Jehovah.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 And thou hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; Thou hast set my feet in a large place.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall exalt you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:1-2
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    1My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  • Prov 25:6-10
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    75%

    6Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, And stand not in the place of great men:

    7For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither, Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, Whom thine eyes have seen.

    8Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

    9Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself], And disclose not the secret of another;

    10Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Prov 6:4-5
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    75%

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

    5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  • Job 6:27
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    27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.

  • Prov 27:10-11
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    74%

    10Thine 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.

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Job 22:21
    73%

    21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

    25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

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    27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Matt 5:25
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    25Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

  • Job 17:3
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    3Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

  • Luke 12:58
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    58For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

  • Prov 3:27-28
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    27Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.

    28Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

  • Job 4:5
    72%

    5But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

  • Job 6:14
    72%

    14To him that is ready to faint kindness [should be showed] from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 25:17
    71%

    17Let thy foot be seldom in thy neighbor's house, Lest he be weary of thee, and hate thee.

  • Mic 7:5
    71%

    5Trust 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.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 18:24
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    24He that maketh many friends [doeth it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

  • Isa 3:6
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    6When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, [saying], Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand;

  • Job 6:23
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    23Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.

  • Job 36:18
    70%

    18For let not wrath stir thee up against chastisements; Neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.

  • Prov 6:22
    70%

    22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

  • Prov 30:32
    70%

    32If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, Or if thou hast thought evil, [Lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.

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    69%

    29When they cast [thee] down, thou shalt say, [There is] lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

  • 1 Pet 5:6
    69%

    6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;

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    69%

    17Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

  • Deut 13:6
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    6If 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;

  • Eccl 5:6
    69%

    6Suffer 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?

  • Prov 5:9
    69%

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

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    6for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;

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    4So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

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    2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

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    23Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, And thy foot shall not stumble.

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    30Strive not with a man without cause, If he have done thee no harm.

  • Ps 55:13
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    13But it was thou, a man mine equal, My companion, and my familiar friend.