Bible Verses about βcosigning a loanβ
The Bible contains 43 verses about cosigning a loan across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
βOwe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.β
βThese six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:β
βA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,β
βA false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.β
βAn heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,β
βΒΆ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.β
βΒΆ The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.β
βΒΆ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:β
βWhich having no guide, overseer, or ruler,β
βProvideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.β
βLust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.β
βBetter [is it] that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.β
βHow long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?β
β[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:β
βSo shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.β
β[But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.β
βΒΆ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.β
βHe winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;β
βIf thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?β
βΒΆ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.β
βFrowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.β
βΒΆ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.β
βTherefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.β
βCan a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?β
βFor by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.β
βΒΆ My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:β
βBut [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.β
βTo keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.β
βDeliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.β
βFor jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.β
βΒΆ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.β
βCan one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?β
βΒΆ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,β
βThou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.β
βDo this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.β
βGive not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.β
β[Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;β
βSo he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.β
βFor the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:β
βBind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.β
βWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.β
βA wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.β
βHe will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.β
