Proverbs 6:1

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My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,

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  • Prov 11:15 : 15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will suffer harm, but whoever hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put me in your pledge, O God; who else will strike hands with me in agreement?
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be a guarantee for him; you can hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.' 33 Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me even your very self.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    84%

    17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

    18A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your mouth.

    3So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor.

    4Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    24Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.

    25Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Prov 11:15
    79%

    15Whoever puts up security for a stranger will suffer harm, but whoever hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

  • Job 17:3
    77%

    3Put me in your pledge, O God; who else will strike hands with me in agreement?

  • Prov 27:13
    77%

    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Prov 20:16
    75%

    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Job 6:27
    73%

    27You would even cast lots over the fatherless and barter away your friend.

  • Prov 1:15
    72%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Prov 1:10
    71%

    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

  • Job 22:6
    70%

    6For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Prov 18:24
    70%

    24A person with unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Lev 6:2-4
    3 verses
    70%

    2Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

    3The priest shall put on his linen garment and wear linen undergarments on his body. He shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.

    4Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

  • Exod 22:14
    70%

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

  • Mic 7:5
    70%

    5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

  • Gen 43:9
    70%

    9I will be a guarantee for him; you can hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10Do not abandon your friend or your father's friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of disaster; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

  • Prov 2:1
    69%

    1My son, if you accept my words and treasure my commands with you,

  • Deut 13:6
    69%

    6But that prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to lead you away from the path the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Exod 22:25
    69%

    25If you take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, return it to him before the sun sets.

  • Job 36:18
    69%

    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

  • Eccl 5:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell God’s messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?

    6Much dreaming and many words are meaningless. Therefore, fear God.

  • Exod 22:11
    68%

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

  • Job 6:14
    68%

    14To him who is despairing, kindness should come from his friend, or he will forsake the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Prov 22:6
    68%

    6Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Num 30:2
    68%

    2Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

  • Prov 7:1
    68%

    1My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments with you.

  • Deut 24:6
    68%

    6Do not take a pair of millstones, not even the upper one, as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as a pledge.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    68%

    22If someone sins against their neighbor and is required to take an oath before Your altar in this house,

  • Job 31:21
    68%

    21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my support in the gate,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.