Proverbs 17:18

New Century Version

It is not wise to promise to pay what your neighbor owes.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

Whoever guarantees to pay somebody else’s loan will suffer. It is safer to avoid such promises.

Proverbs 20:16

Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s debts, and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever gets rich by mistreating the poor, and gives presents to the wealthy, will become poor.