Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
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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.
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17 A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.
18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.
- Prov 6:2-43 verses82%
2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
3 Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go without waiting, and make a strong request to your neighbour.
4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
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24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:
25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.
26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.
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15 He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.
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3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.
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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.
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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.
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27 Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
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15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:
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10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.
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6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.
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24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.
- Lev 6:2-43 verses70%
2 Give orders to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law for the burned offering: the offering is to be on the fire-wood on the altar all night till the morning; and the fire of the altar is to be kept burning.
3 And the priest is to put on his linen robes and his linen trousers, and take up what is over of the offering after it has been burned on the altar, and put it by the side of the altar.
4 Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.
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14 If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.
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5 Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.
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9 Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
- Deut 24:10-123 verses70%
10 If you let your brother have the use of anything which is yours, do not go into his house and take anything of his as a sign of his debt;
11 But keep outside till he comes out and gives it to you.
12 If he is a poor man, do not keep his property all night;
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20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
21 Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
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10 Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.
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1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
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6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;
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20 Why let yourself, my son, go out of the way with a strange woman, and take another woman in your arms?
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25 If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.
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5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.
6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.
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11 If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.
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14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.
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9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
10 And strange men may be full of your wealth, and the fruit of your work go to the house of others;
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6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.
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2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
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1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
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6 No one is to take, on account of a debt, the stones with which grain is crushed: for in doing so he takes a man's living.
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22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
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21 If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;
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5 So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.