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 are surety for your friend, if you have struck your hands with a stranger,
2
you are snared with the words of your mouth; you are captured with the words of your mouth.
3
My son, do this then, and deliver yourself when you come into the hand of your friend: go humble yourself and entreat your friend.
4
Do not give sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
5
Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 11:15
He who is surety for a stranger will suffer, but he who hates striking of hands is secure.
Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking heart strikes hands; he becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 27:13
Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for a foreign woman.