Job 17:3
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3 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself;
who is there who will give surety for me?(A)
Hebrews 7:22
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22 accordingly Jesus has also become the guarantor of a better covenant.(A)
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Isaiah 38:14
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14 Like a swallow or a crane[a] I clamor;
I moan like a dove.
My eyes are weary with looking upward.
O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!(A)
Footnotes
- 38.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 11:15
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15 To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
but there is safety in refusing to do so.
Psalm 119:122
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122 Guarantee your servant’s well-being;
do not let the godless oppress me.(A)
Genesis 44:32
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32 For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.’(A)
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Genesis 43:9
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9 I myself will be surety for him; you can hold me accountable for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.(A)
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Job 9:33
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- 9.33 Another reading is Would that there were a mediator
Proverbs 22:26
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26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.(A)
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 17:18
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18 It is senseless to give a pledge,
to become surety for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 6:11
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11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.(A)
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