Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger,
In context
1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2 if you are snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of your neighbor: go, hasten, and plead urgently with your neighbor. 4 Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:1 in the KJV
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 6:1 in the NIV
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,