Proverbs 6:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor, if you have bound yourself to another,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Common English Bible

¹ My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ My son, if you have taken a pledge on behalf of your friend, then you have bound your hand to an outsider,

Proverbs 6:1 Cross References

Proverbs 22:26

Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

Proverbs 17:18

It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.

Proverbs 11:15

To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.

Proverbs 20:16

Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

Hebrews 7:22

accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantor of a better covenant.

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

Job 17:3

“Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will give surety for me?

Genesis 43:9

I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.

Proverbs 6:2

you are snared by the utterance of your lips, caught by the words of your mouth.

Isaiah 2:6

You have forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, for they are full of diviners from the East and of soothsayers like the Philistines, and they clasp hands with foreigners.