Cosigning a Loan
10 passages
- Proverbs 17:18
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Read it in context - Proverbs 11:15
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:26–27
26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Read it in context - Proverbs 22:7
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Read it in context - Psalm 37:21
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
Read it in context - Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Read it in context - Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.
Read it in context - Proverbs 28:8
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
Read it in context - Deuteronomy 28:12
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.
Read it in context - Proverbs 6:6
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
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