Verses
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- A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
- If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
- It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
- He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
- Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.