Proverbs 6:1

New Living Translation

My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

Cross References

Genesis 43:9

I personally guarantee his safety. You may hold me responsible if I don’t bring him back to you. Then let me bear the blame forever.

Job 17:3

“You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.

Proverbs 11:15

There’s danger in putting up security for a stranger’s debt; it’s safer not to guarantee another person’s debt.

Proverbs 17:18

It’s poor judgment to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for a friend.

Proverbs 20:16

Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

Proverbs 22:26

Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else.

Proverbs 27:13

Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt. Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

Proverbs 6:2

if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said—

Isaiah 2:6

For the Lord has rejected his people, the descendants of Jacob, because they have filled their land with practices from the East and with sorcerers, as the Philistines do. They have made alliances with pagans.

Hebrews 7:22

Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.