Proverbs 6:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

My son, don’t make yourself responsible for the debts of others. Don’t make such deals with friends or strangers.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:26

Don’t promise to pay someone else’s debt.

Proverbs 17:18

Only a fool would promise to pay for someone else’s debts.

Proverbs 11:15

You will be sorry if you promise to pay a stranger’s debt. Refuse to make such promises and you will be safe.

Proverbs 20:16

If someone promises to pay the debt of a stranger, get a coat or something from him to keep until the debt is paid.

Hebrews 7:22

So this means that Jesus is the guarantee of a better agreement from God to his people.

Proverbs 27:13

When you make a deal with a stranger, get something from him and any other foreigners with him to make sure he will pay you.

Job 17:3

“God, give me some support. No one else will!

Genesis 43:9

I will make sure he is safe. I will be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back to you, you can blame me forever.

Proverbs 6:2

If you do, your words will trap you.

Isaiah 2:6

Family of Jacob, you have abandoned your people. This is clear because they have been filled with bad influences from the East, and now your people try to tell the future like the Philistines. They have completely accepted those strange ideas.