Proverbs 6:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor, if you have agreed to a deal with a stranger,

⁹ I’ll even offer myself to guarantee that I’ll be responsible for him. If I don’t bring him back and present him to you, I’ll personally bear the consequences forever.

³² Also, your servant pledged his own life as a guarantee of the young man’s safety. I told my father, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, you can blame me forever.’ ³³ Therefore, please allow your servant to remain as a slave to Your Excellency, instead of the young man, and let the young man go back home with his brothers.

³ Offer, then, some collateral on my behalf. Is there anyone who will be my guarantor?

¹⁵ Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering, but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.

¹⁸ A man who lacks sense cosigns a loan, becoming a guarantor for his neighbor.

¹⁶ Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

²⁶ Don’t be one of those who make promises to guarantee loans for debts.

¹³ Take the coat of anyone who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he cosigns for an immoral woman.

¹⁸ If he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. ¹⁹ I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. (I will not mention to you that you owe me your very life.)

²² In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.