Proverbs 6:1
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
In other translations
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- Proverbs 17:18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
- Genesis 44:32-3332 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.32 Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’ 33 Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
- Hebrews 7:22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
- Proverbs 27:13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Philemon 1:18-1918 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.18 But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. 19 I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
- Job 17:3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
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