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Proverbs 6:1
Proverbs 6:1 is verse 1 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
King James Version
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
World English Bible
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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Proverbs 6:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Proverbs 27:13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Genesis 43:9I 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 44:32Indeed, 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.’
Genesis 44:33Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
Philemon 1:19I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.