Job 17:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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 esence 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 esence 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
    4 verses
    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
    2 verses
    69%

    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 counsellers 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,