Proverbs 17:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.
  • Prov 6:1-5 : 1 Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger, 2 if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken, 3 then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor. 4 Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts. 27 If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1Admonitions and Warnings against Dangerous and Destructive Acts My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, if you have become a guarantor for a stranger,

    2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

    3then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

  • Prov 17:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16What’s the point of a fool having money in hand to buy wisdom, when his head is empty?

    17A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.

  • Prov 11:15
    79%

    15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,

    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

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

    27If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

  • Job 17:3
    77%

    3Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?

  • Prov 18:24
    76%

    24There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 27:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

    14If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.

  • Prov 17:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

    21Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 20:16
    74%

    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 19:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

    4Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend.

  • Prov 11:12
    72%

    12The one who denounces his neighbor lacks sense, but a discerning person keeps silent.

  • Prov 27:17
    71%

    17As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.

  • Prov 16:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

  • Prov 26:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

  • Ezek 17:18
    70%

    18He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note– he gave his promise and did all these things– he will not escape!

  • Prov 29:24
    70%

    24Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • Prov 18:6
    70%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

  • Prov 19:7
    70%

    7All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him– one who chases words, which are nothing.

  • Prov 25:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness.

    19Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble.

  • Prov 7:7
    69%

    7and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • Job 6:14
    69%

    14Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16A person’s gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people.

  • Prov 17:9
    69%

    9The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

  • Prov 26:6
    69%

    6Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 18:9
    69%

    9The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

  • Exod 22:14
    69%

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 29:22
    69%

    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?