³ Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.

²² by so much also hath Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

¹⁴ Like a swallow `or' a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail `with looking' upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge `that is surety' for foreigners.

¹²² Be surety for thy servant for good: Let not the proud oppress me.

²⁶ Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

³³ There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

³² For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever.

⁹ I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: