Proverbs 17:18

World English Bible (2000)

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
  • Prov 6:1-5 : 1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; 2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. 4 Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. 27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1 My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

    2 You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

    3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

  • Prov 17:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

    17 A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.

  • Prov 11:15
    79%

    15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:

    25 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.

    26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

    27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Job 17:3
    77%

    3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

  • Prov 18:24
    76%

    24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

  • Prov 27:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

    13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

    14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.

  • Prov 17:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 20:16
    74%

    16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16 A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.

    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

  • Prov 19:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2 It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

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

  • Prov 11:12
    72%

    12 One who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

  • Prov 27:17
    71%

    17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend's countenance.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

  • Prov 16:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

  • Prov 26:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17 Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.

    18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21 Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.

  • Ezek 17:18
    70%

    18 For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape.

  • Prov 29:24
    70%

    24 Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.

  • Prov 18:6
    70%

    6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Prov 19:7
    70%

    7 All the relatives of the poor shun him: how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

  • Prov 25:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18 A man who gives false testimony against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow.

    19 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble is like a bad tooth, or a lame foot.

  • Prov 7:7
    69%

    7 I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,

  • Job 6:14
    69%

    14 "To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

  • Prov 17:9
    69%

    9 He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10 Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.

  • Prov 26:6
    69%

    6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2 A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

  • Prov 18:9
    69%

    9 One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

  • Exod 22:14
    69%

    14 "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25 A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

  • Prov 29:22
    69%

    22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8 Don't be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?