Proverbs 17:18 Cross References - WEB

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

¹ My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands 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, since 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.

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

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

¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

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