Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,

if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor

or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt

or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger—

My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,

if you have bound yourself to the stranger,

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,

If thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,