Proverbs 11:15 Cross References - NHEB

¹⁵ He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hand in pledge for a stranger; ² You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth. ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, seeing you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor. ⁴ Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. ⁵ Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

¹⁶ Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

²⁶ Do not be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. ²⁷ If you do not have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?