Cosigning For A Loan

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. — read the full passage →

The wicked borrow, and don’t pay back, but the righteous give generously.

The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.

The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You will lend to many nations, and you will not borrow.

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; — read the full passage →

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow let’s go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit.” — read the full passage →

But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

Give to everyone who asks you, and don’t ask him who takes away your goods to give them back again.

“Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal; — read the full passage →

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you.

It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

One who gives to the poor has no lack; but one who closes his eyes will have many curses.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Don’t weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. — read the full passage →

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored for the righteous.

The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself.

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger; — read the full passage →

Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power! — read the full passage →

because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.

For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Good News—not in wisdom of words, so that the cross of Christ wouldn’t be made void.

If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much. — read the full passage →

for I was hungry, and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty, and you gave me drink. I was a stranger, and you took me in. — read the full passage →

For what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a man give in exchange for his life?

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

Behold, a day of Yahweh comes, when your plunder will be divided in your midst. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: — read the full passage →

“The leach has two daughters: ‘Give, give.’ “There are three things that are never satisfied; four that don’t say, ‘Enough:’

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. — read the full passage →

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.

An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning, won’t be blessed in the end.

House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from Yahweh.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

A bribe is a precious stone in the eyes of him who gives it; wherever he turns, he prospers.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who has pity on the poor.

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.

With me are riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity.

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

See how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to live together in unity!

When David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains.” — read the full passage →

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

For the poor will never cease out of the land. Therefore I command you to surely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor, in your land.

At the end of every seven years, you shall cancel debts. — read the full passage →

“If you lend money to any of my people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor; neither shall you charge him interest.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. — read the full passage →