Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;
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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 17:18 : 18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
- Prov 22:26 : 26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
- 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.
- Job 17:3 : 3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
- Gen 43:9 : 9 I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
- Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I don't bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.' 33 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
- Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 But if he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, put that to my account. 19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
- Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much, Jesus has become the collateral of a better covenant.
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- Prov 17:17-182 verses84%
17 A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.
- Prov 6:2-43 verses82%
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.
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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?
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15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
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3 "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?
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13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
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27 Yes, you would even cast lots for the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.
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15 My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,
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10 My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.
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6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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24 A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
- Lev 6:2-43 verses70%
2 "If anyone sins, and commits a trespass against Yahweh, and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit, or of bargain, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor,
3 or has found that which was lost, and dealt falsely therein, and swearing to a lie; in any of all these things that a man does, sinning therein;
4 then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,
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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.
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5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
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9 I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,
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10 When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.
11 You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.
12 If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;
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20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and don't forsake your mother's teaching.
21 Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.
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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.
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1 My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;
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6 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, you, nor your fathers;
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20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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25 "If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.
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18 Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
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5 It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands?
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11 the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.
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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.
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9 lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;
10 lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
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2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
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1 My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
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6 No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.
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22 "If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
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21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,
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5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.