Proverbs 6:1-3
New International Version - UK
Warnings against folly
6 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbour’s hands:
go – to the point of exhaustion – [a]
and give your neighbour no rest!
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
Proverbs 6:1-3
King James Version
6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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