Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,[c](A)
you have been trapped by the words of your lips[d]
ensnared by the words of your mouth.

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  1. Proverbs 6:1 Or friend
  2. Proverbs 6:1 Lit or shaken hands for or with
  3. Proverbs 6:1 The Hb word for stranger can refer to a foreigner, an Israelite outside one’s family, or simply to another person.
  4. Proverbs 6:2 Lit mouth

18 One without sense enters an agreement[a]
and puts up security for his friend.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit sense shakes hands

26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands

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