1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, 2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,
Proverbs 6:1–2
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Proverbs 22:25–27
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. 26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 20:15–17
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Ecclesiastes 5:5–7
5 It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it. 6 Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands? 7 For as many drea…
Proverbs 27:12–14
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Job 31:4–6
4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step? 5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, 6 let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.
Sirach 22:26–27
26 If any evil happens to me because of him, everyone who hears it will beware of him. (WEB) 27 Who will set a watch over my mouth, and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips, that I may not fall from it, and that my tongue may not destroy me? (WEB)
Job 17:2–4
2 Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. 3 Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor? 4 You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.
Sirach 8:12–14
12 Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you; and if you lend, count it as a loss. (WEB) 13 Don’t be surety beyond your means. If you give surety, think as one who will have to pay. (WEB) 14 Don’t go to law with a judge; for according to his honor they will give judgment for him. (WEB)
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