Bible Verses About Cosigning a Loan
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for cosigning a loan, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 101,769 votes, led by Proverbs 17:18. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Cosigning a Loan
Proverbs 17:184,746 votes
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
Proverbs 11:153,512 votes
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 22:26-272,770 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 22:72,214 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 6:1-52,197 votes
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Psalms 37:212,059 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Romans 13:81,976 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Proverbs 6:1-351,811 votes
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Ecclesiastes 5:51,623 votes
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Proverbs 28:81,523 votes
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 22:261,486 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Deuteronomy 28:121,198 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Proverbs 6:61,191 votes
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Luke 6:34-351,186 votes
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Proverbs 22:1-291,099 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 6:11,060 votes
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Proverbs 20:16976 votes
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
John 14:6973 votes
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Proverbs 3:5971 votes
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs 22:1970 votes
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Galatians 2:20970 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
2 Timothy 1:7969 votes
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Exodus 22:25966 votes
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
1 John 4:8844 votes
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Luke 6:38843 votes
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
What does the Bible say about cosigning a loan?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:18 on the subject of cosigning a loan. Across 101,769 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 22:26-27, Proverbs 22:7. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.