Deuteronomy 24:12-13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 If he is a poor man, you must not sleep in the garment he has given as security. 13 Be sure to return it[a] to him at sunset. Then he will sleep in it and bless you, and this will be counted as righteousness to you before the Lord your God.(A)
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- Deuteronomy 24:13 Lit return what he has given as security
Proverbs 6:1-5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Financial Entanglements
6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,[c](A)
2 you have been trapped by the words of your lips[d]—
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,
for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:
Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
4 Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.(B)
5 Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[e]
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.[f](C)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:1 Or friend
- Proverbs 6:1 Lit or shaken hands for or with
- Proverbs 6:1 The Hb word for stranger can refer to a foreigner, an Israelite outside one’s family, or simply to another person.
- Proverbs 6:2 Lit mouth
- Proverbs 6:5 Lit hand
- Proverbs 6:5 Lit hand
Proverbs 11:15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,(A)
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.
Proverbs 27:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[b](A)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
- Proverbs 27:13 Lit a foreign woman
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