Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 11:15 : 15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Prov 17:18 : 18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
- Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Prov 6:1-5 : 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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- Prov 22:27-282 verses82%
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
- Prov 6:1-44 verses81%
1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Prov 22:24-252 verses80%
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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25 If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
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13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Deut 24:10-123 verses74%
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
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16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
- Eccl 5:4-52 verses72%
4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
- Lev 25:36-372 verses72%
36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
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12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
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18 Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
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1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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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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5 He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
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4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
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6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
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8 He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
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7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
- Prov 5:9-102 verses70%
9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
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28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
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9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
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11 Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
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8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
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26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
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10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
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32 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
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19 Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
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21 When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
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26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
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6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.