Proverbs 6:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 10:3 : 3 Then Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and said to him, This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you be lifted up in your pride before me? let my people go so that they may give me worship.
  • 2 Sam 24:14 : 14 And David said to Gad, This is a hard decision for me to make: let us come into the hands of the Lord, for great are his mercies: let me not come into the hands of men.
  • 2 Chr 12:5 : 5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the chiefs of Judah, who had come together in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, The Lord has said, Because you have given me up, I have given you up into the hands of Shishak.
  • 2 Chr 36:12 : 12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and did not make himself low before Jeremiah the prophet who gave him the word of the Lord.
  • Ps 31:8 : 8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.
  • Jas 4:10 : 10 Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

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

    2 You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.

  • Prov 25:6-10
    5 verses
    75%

    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

    7 For it is better to have it said to you, Come up here; than for you to be put down in a lower place before the ruler.

    8 Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

    9 Have a talk with your neighbour himself about your cause, but do not give away the secret of another:

    10 Or your hearer may say evil of you, and your shame will not be turned away.

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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 6:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;

    5 Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net for her.

  • Job 6:27
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 27:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Job 22:21
    73%

    21 Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Matt 5:25
    72%

    25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.

  • Job 17:3
    72%

    3 Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine.

  • Luke 12:58
    72%

    58 For if anyone has a cause at law against you, and you are going with him before the ruler, make an attempt, on the way, to come to an agreement with him, for if you do not, he may take you before the judge and the judge will give you up to the police, and they will put you in prison.

  • Prov 3:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

    28 Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.

  • Job 4:5
    72%

    5 But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

  • Job 6:14
    72%

    14 He whose heart is shut against his friend has given up the fear of the Ruler of all.

  • Prov 25:17
    71%

    17 Let not your foot be frequently in your neighbour's house, or he may get tired of you, and his feeling be turned to hate.

  • Mic 7:5
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 1:15
    71%

    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 18:24
    71%

    24 There are friends who may be a man's destruction, but there is a lover who keeps nearer than a brother.

  • Isa 3:6
    71%

    6 When one man puts his hand on another in his father's house, and says, You have clothing, be our ruler and be responsible for us in our sad condition:

  • Job 6:23
    70%

    23 Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

  • Job 15:6
    70%

    6 It is by your mouth, even yours, that you are judged to be in the wrong, and not by me; and your lips give witness against you.

  • Job 36:18
    70%

    18 ...

  • Prov 6:22
    70%

    22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.

  • Prov 6:11
    70%

    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 30:32
    70%

    32 If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

  • Job 22:29
    69%

    29 For God makes low those whose hearts are lifted up, but he is a saviour to the poor in spirit.

  • 1 Pet 5:6
    69%

    6 For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

  • Prov 27:17
    69%

    17 Iron makes iron sharp; so a man makes sharp his friend.

  • Deut 13:6
    69%

    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;

  • Eccl 5:6
    69%

    6 Because much talk comes from dreams and things of no purpose. But let the fear of God be in you.

  • Prov 5:9
    69%

    9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:

  • Luke 11:6
    69%

    6 Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;

  • Prov 3:4
    69%

    4 So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.

  • Prov 27:2
    69%

    2 Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

  • Prov 3:23
    69%

    23 Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.

  • Prov 3:30
    69%

    30 Do not take up a cause at law against a man for nothing, if he has done you no wrong.

  • Ps 55:13
    69%

    13 But it was you, my equal, my guide, my well-loved friend.