TOPICAL PROVERBS
by Grant Hodges
Wisdom for the Children of the King
LOANS
| NIV | |
| 6:1 - My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another, | |
| 6:2 - if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth, | |
| 6:3 - then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor! | |
| 6:4 - Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids. | |
| 6:5 - Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. | |
| 11:15 - He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe. | |
| 17:18 - A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor. | |
| 20:16 - Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman. | |
| 22:7 - The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. | |
| 22:26 - Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; | |
| 22:27 - if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. | |
| 27:13 - Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman. | |
| 28:8 - He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor. | |
| NASB | |
| 6:1 - My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given a pledge for a stranger, | |
| 6:2 - If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, have been caught with the words of your mouth, | |
| 6:3 - Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. | |
| 6:4 - Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids; | |
| 6:5 - Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand and like a bird from the hand of the fowler. | |
| 11:15 - He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it, but he who hates being a guarantor is secure. | |
| 17:18 - A man lacking in sense pledges and becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor. | |
| 20:16 - Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge. | |
| 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender's slave. | |
| 22:26 - Do not be among those who give pledges, among those who become guarantors for debts. | |
| 22:27 - If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? | |
| 27:13 - Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge. | |
| 28:8 - He who increases his wealth by interest and usury gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor. | |
| KJV | |
| 6:1 - My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, | |
| 6:2 - Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. | |
| 6:3 - Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. | |
| 6:4 - Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. | |
| 6:5 - Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. | |
| 11:15 - He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. | |
| 17:18 - A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. | |
| 20:16 - Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. | |
| 22:7 - The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. | |
| 22:26 - Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. | |
| 22:27 - If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? | |
| 27:13 - Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. | |
| 28:8 - He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. | |
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