Proverbs 6:1–4

¹⁸A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

²⁶Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

¹⁵He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

¹⁶Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

⁹I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

³²For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

³³Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

²²By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

³Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

¹⁸If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;

¹⁹I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

¹³Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

⁷A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹³The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

¹⁰Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

¹⁴And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

⁸And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

⁵¶ Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

¹²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

³And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

⁴I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

¹⁰Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹¹So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

³⁵Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

³⁶Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

¹⁰Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

¹⁷Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

¹⁸Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.