Cosigning For A Loan

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

Evil <FI>one<Fi> suffereth when he hath been surety <FI>for<Fi> a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties <FI>for<Fi> burdens. — read the full passage →

The wicked is borrowing and repayeth not, And the righteous is gracious and giving.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the borrower to the lender.

The purposes of the diligent <FI>are<Fi> only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

To no one owe anything, except to love one another; for he who is loving the other--law he hath fulfilled,

`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;' — read the full passage →

and if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first to their own house to show piety, and to give back a recompense to the parents, for this is right and acceptable before God.

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first, — read the full passage →

`And to every one who is asking of thee, be giving; and from him who is taking away thy goods, be not asking again;

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not. — read the full passage →

The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Whoso is shutting his ear from the cry of the poor, He also doth cry, and is not answered.

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.

A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye God in His holy place, Praise Him in the expanse of His strength. — read the full passage →

because for <FI>His<Fi> name they went forth, nothing receiving from the nations;

who do not know the thing of the morrow; for what is your life? for it is a vapour that is appearing for a little, and then is vanishing;

For we--wilfully sinning after the receiving the full knowledge of the truth--no more for sins doth there remain a sacrifice,

flee the whoredom; every sin--whatever a man may commit--is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but--to proclaim good news; not in wisdom of discourse, that the cross of the Christ may not be made of none effect;

and if ye lend <FI>to those<Fi> of whom ye hope to receive back, what grace have ye? for also the sinful lend to sinners--that they may receive again as much. — read the full passage →

for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me; — read the full passage →

for what is a man profited if he may gain the whole world, but of his life suffer loss? or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

`If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee, — read the full passage →

Lo, a day hath come to Jehovah, And divided hath been thy spoil in thy midst. — read the full passage →

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul, — read the full passage →

To the leech <FI>are<Fi> two daughters, `Give, give, Lo, three things are not satisfied, Four have not said `Sufficiency;'

Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich--only to want.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace. — read the full passage →

A treasure to be desired, and oil, <FI>Is<Fi> in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Rivulets of waters <FI>is<Fi> the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

House and wealth <FI>are<Fi> the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> an understanding wife.

The wealth of the rich <FI>is<Fi> the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

A stone of grace <FI>is<Fi> the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

The blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Wealth and honour <FI>are<Fi> with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven <FI>are<Fi> abominations to His soul. — read the full passage →

Frowardness <FI>is<Fi> in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking <FI>with<Fi> perverseness of mouth,

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

Withhold not good from its owners, When thy hand <FI>is<Fi> toward God to do <FI>it<Fi> .

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

A Song of the Ascents, by David. Lo, how good and how pleasant The dwelling of brethren--even together!

And it cometh to pass as David sat in his house, that David saith unto Nathan the prophet, `Lo, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> under curtains;' — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth,

because the needy one doth not cease out of the land, therefore I am commanding thee, saying, Thou dost certainly open thy hand to thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy one, in thy land.

`At the end of seven years thou dost make a release, — read the full passage →

`If thou dost lend My poor people with thee money, thou art not to him as a usurer; thou dost not lay on him usury;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth-- — read the full passage →