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Proverbs 6:1
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Proverbs 6:1
1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 6:1
A pledge, guarantee, or person who answers for another's debt or obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
One joined to another by affection, goodwill, or alliance; to support or befriend.
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Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Joined or struck hands in making a pledge or becoming surety.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The part of the body at the end of the arm; figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study9I 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:
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Open the full verse study32For 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.
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Open the full verse study22By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
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Open the full verse study3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
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Open the full verse study18If 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.
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Open the full verse study13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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