9 Bible Verses about Borrowing, Surety

He that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.

My son, if thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands, Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth. Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour;read more.
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes; Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

A man lacking sense, is one who striketh hands, giving security, before his neighbour.

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger, - then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

No man shall take in pledge a handmill, or an upper millstone, - for he would be taking life, in pledge.

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

And there were some who were saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses, are we pledging, - -that we may obtain corn in the dearth. And there were others who were saying, We have borrowed silver, for the king's tribute, - upon our lands and our vineyards. Now, therefore, as is the flesh of our brethren, so is our flesh, as are their children, so are our children. Yet lo! we are putting in subjection our sons and our daughters, for bondservants, yea there are some of our daughters already trodden down, and we are powerless, and, our fields and our vineyards, belong to others.read more.
And it angered me greatly, - when I heard their outcry, and these words. So my heart took counsel unto me and I contended with the nobles and with the deputies, and said to them, A loan on interest - every man to his brother, are ye making, - So I appointed over them a great assembly; and I said unto them, We, have bought our brethren the Jews, who had sold themselves unto the nations, according to our ability, and will, ye, even sell your brethren, or shall they sell themselves unto us? And they were silent, and found no answer. Then said I, Not good, is the thing which ye are doing, - ought ye not, in the fear of God, to walk, because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? I too, then, my brethren and my young men, might be lending unto them on interest silver and corn! I pray you, let us leave off this lending on interest! Restore, I pray you, unto them this very day, their fields, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, - also the hundredth of silver and corn, new wine and oil, for which ye have been lending to them. And they said, We will restore them, and, from them, will we require nothing, so, will we do, as thou, art saying. Then called I the priests, and put them on oath, to do according to this promise. Also, my lap, shook I out, and said - Thus and thus, may God shake out every man who shall not confirm this promise, out of his house and out of his labour, yea, thus and thus, let him be shaken out and empty, - And all the convocation said, Amen! and praised Yahweh, and the people did according to this promise.