Job 17:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?

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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 20:16 : 16 ¶ Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
  • Ps 119:122 : 122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a crane [or] a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
  • Prov 6:11 : 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
  • Gen 44:32 : 32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
  • Job 9:33 : 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 ¶ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

  • 18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

  • 2 [Are there] not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

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    26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

    27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • 13 ¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • 16 ¶ Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • 15 ¶ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

  • 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.

  • 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • Job 13:19-22
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    72%

    19 Who [is] he [that] will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.

    20 Only do not two [things] unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

    21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

    22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

  • 5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.

  • Job 6:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig [a pit] for your friend.

    28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for [it is] evident unto you if I lie.

  • 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

  • 14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

  • 34 [Is] not this laid up in store with me, [and] sealed up among my treasures?

  • 3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.

  • 22 ¶ Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

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    3 O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

  • 5 If indeed ye will magnify [yourselves] against me, and plead against me my reproach:

  • 25 And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

  • 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

  • 10 In whose hands [is] mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

  • 3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief [is] in their hearts.

  • 33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, [that] might lay his hand upon us both.

  • 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

  • 8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

  • 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay [your] hand upon [your] mouth.

  • 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

  • Job 36:17-18
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    17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

    18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • 12 The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

  • 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

  • 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

  • 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

  • 11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

  • 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

  • 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

  • 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

  • 7 ¶ Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die:

  • 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.

  • 15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.

  • 22 [Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

  • 8 ¶ Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of [thy] words, [saying],