Verse 1

My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have shaken hands with a stranger,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 He who is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it, and he who hates suretyship is secure.
  • Prov 17:18 : 18 A man lacking understanding shakes hands in a pledge, and becomes surety for his friend.
  • Prov 22:26 : 26 Do not be one of those who shake hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.
  • Job 17:3 : 3 Put down now, give me a pledge with You; who is he that will strike hands with me?
  • Gen 43:9 : 9 I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever:
  • Gen 44:32-33 : 32 For your servant became a guarantee for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever. 33 Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant stay instead of the lad as a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers.
  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment when he is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for a foreign woman.
  • Phlm 1:18-19 : 18 If he has wronged you or owes you anything, put that on my account; 19 I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it: although I do not say to you that you owe me even your own self besides.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.