Proverbs 6:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 for thy servant obtained the youth by surety from my father, saying, If I bring him not in unto thee -- then I have sinned against my father all the days. 33 `And now, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the youth a servant to my lord, and the youth goeth up with his brethren,
  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 and if he did hurt to thee, or doth owe anything, this to me be reckoning; 19 I, Paul did write with my hand, I -- I will repay; that I may not say that also thyself, besides, to me thou dost owe.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 by so much of a better covenant hath Jesus become surety,

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Prov 17:17-18
    2 verses
    84%

    17At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

    18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

  • Prov 6:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

    3Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

    4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    81%

    24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

  • Prov 11:15
    79%

    15Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

  • Job 17:3
    77%

    3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

  • Prov 27:13
    77%

    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Prov 20:16
    75%

    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

  • Job 6:27
    73%

    27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

  • Prov 1:15
    72%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Prov 1:10
    71%

    10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • Job 22:6
    70%

    6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

  • Prov 18:24
    70%

    24A man with friends `is' to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

  • Lev 6:2-4
    3 verses
    70%

    2`When any person doth sin, and hath committed a trespass against Jehovah, and hath lied to his fellow concerning a deposit, or concerning fellowship, or concerning violent robbery, or hath oppressed his fellow;

    3or hath found a lost thing, and hath lied concerning it, and hath sworn to a falsehood, concerning one of all `these' which man doth, sinning in them:

    4`Then it hath been, when he sinneth, and hath been guilty, that he hath returned the plunder which he hath taken violently away, or the thing which he hath got by oppression, or the deposit which hath been deposited with him, or the lost thing which he hath found;

  • Exod 22:14
    70%

    14`And when a man doth ask `anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

  • Mic 7:5
    70%

    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Gen 43:9
    70%

    9I -- I am surety `for' him, from my hand thou dost require him; if I have not brought him in unto thee, and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days;

  • Deut 24:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

    11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better `is' a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

  • Prov 2:1
    69%

    1My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

  • Deut 13:6
    69%

    6`When thy brother -- son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who `is' as thine own soul -- doth move thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods -- (which thou hast not known, thou and thy fathers,

  • Prov 5:20
    69%

    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Exod 22:25
    69%

    25`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

  • Job 36:18
    69%

    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

  • Eccl 5:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

    6Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it `is' an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

  • Exod 22:11
    68%

    11an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

  • Job 6:14
    68%

    14To a despiser of his friends `is' shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 22:6
    68%

    6Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

  • Num 30:2
    68%

    2`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

  • Prov 7:1
    68%

    1My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  • Deut 24:6
    68%

    6`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

  • 2 Chr 6:22
    68%

    22`If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --

  • Job 31:21
    68%

    21If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in `him' the gate of my court,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.