Bible Cross References
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 6:1-5
1
[My] son, if you become surety for your friend, you shall deliver your hand to an enemy.
2
For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.
3
[My] son, do what I command you, and deliver yourself; for on your friend's account you have come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even your friend for whom you have become surety.
4
Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber with your eyelids;
5
that you may deliver yourself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare.
Proverbs 11:15
A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man, and he hates the sound of safety.
Proverbs 17:18
A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.
Proverbs 27:13
Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods.