Proverbs 6:1
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,
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- 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 17:18 : 18 The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
- Prov 22:26 : 26 Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
- 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.
- Job 17:3 : 3 Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?
- Gen 43:9 : 9 I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Gen 44:32-33 : 32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’ 33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
- Prov 27:13 : 13 Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.
- Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me. 19 I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self.
- Heb 7:22 : 22 accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
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- Prov 17:17-182 verses84%
17A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity.
18The one who lacks sense strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.
- Prov 6:2-43 verses82%
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.
4Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- Prov 22:24-274 verses81%
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!
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15The one who has put up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands is secure.
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3Set my pledge beside you. Who else will put up security for me?
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13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.
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16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.
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27Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend.
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15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;
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10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
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6“For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.
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24There are companions who harm one another, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Lev 6:2-43 verses70%
2“When a person sins and commits a trespass against the LORD by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen,
3or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–
4when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,
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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.
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5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!
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9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
- Deut 24:10-123 verses70%
10When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security.
11You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security.
12If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering.
- Prov 6:20-212 verses70%
20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.
21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.
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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.
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1Benefits of Seeking Wisdom My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands inside yourself,
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6False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,
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20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
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25“If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest.
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18Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
- Eccl 5:5-62 verses68%
5It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.
6Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”
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11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.
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14Disappointing Friends“To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
- Prov 5:9-102 verses68%
9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
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6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
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1Admonition to Avoid the Wiles of the Adulteress My child, devote yourself to my words and store up my commands inside yourself.
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6One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security.
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22“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,
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21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,
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5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.