Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 6:1
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,
Proverbs 11:15
If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Proverbs 17:18
One without sense enters an agreement
and puts up security for his friend.
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

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