Surety (Guarantee)

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

General scriptures concerning

• Genesis 44:32 Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
• Exodus 22:26–27 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
• Deuteronomy 24:10–13 When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security. You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you. If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; be sure to return it to him by suns…
• Proverbs 6:1–5 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble your…
• Proverbs 11:15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
• Proverbs 17:18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 20:16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Proverbs 22:26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
• Proverbs 27:13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
• Ezekiel 18:7 He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.