Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 6:1
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
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Proverbs 6
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,
3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.
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