Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,(A)
you have been snared by the words of your mouth—
trapped by the words from your mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Or friend
  2. 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for

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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18 One without sense enters an agreement[a]
and puts up security for his friend.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17:18 Lit sense slaps hands

18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)

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26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;

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