I 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:

For 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.

Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

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

But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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

The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

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

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

He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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

My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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

Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.

Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.