Proverbs 6:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,”

What this verse means

Read Proverbs 6:1 in the flow of Proverbs6 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs6 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:1 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.’
  3. Job 17:3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?
  4. Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
  5. Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
  6. Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  7. Proverbs 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
  8. Proverbs 27:13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
  9. Philemon 1:18But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account.
  10. Hebrews 7:22Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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