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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor,
If thou hast stricken [a]thy hands for a stranger;
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth,
Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Or, thy hand with a stranger

Warnings Against Folly

My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
    if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,
you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.

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