{"id":2778,"date":"2018-11-27T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T07:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2018-11-27T07:47:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T07:47:43","slug":"dont-get-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Get Scammed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PROVERBS\u00a0 Six\u2026. (v.1-15)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/COBRA-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2782\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/COBRA-1.jpg?resize=119%2C176\" alt=\"\" width=\"119\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><em>DON\u2019T GET SCAMMED!!!! Solomon here is warning his sons to not stand as guarantor for anyone\u2026..friend or stranger! How many times have people got caught out doing just this!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This warning stands good for every single person\u2026.. it is better to give straight out, rather than to lend hoping to get it back one day. People\u2019s word of mouth is not enough\u2026\u2026how many friendships have gone sour because of broken promises! Don\u2019t feel sorry for the other person, or you will end up feeling\u00a0 sorrier for yourself in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>This seems to be hard advice, but often people get themselves into a mess because of their own foolishness, and the only way they will learn is the hard way. Paul too, expands this thought when he definitely says to keep away from being tied to an unbeliever in any way, shape or form! This rule is for our own good and peace of mind.<\/p>\n<p>Often the other person is in trouble because of their own laziness or carelessness\u2026..take a lesson from an ant! It is busy and forward looking, preparing for the future. Keep away from those who try to sponge on you\u2026\u2026they are only there for what they can get out of you !!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Give, don\u2019t lend,\u00a0 is good advice,\u00a0To keep one\u2019s friend is better; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t let yourself then get\u00a0 enticed,\u00a0Or you\u2019ll be tied, by\u00a0 lawyer\u2019s letters!!!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROVERBS\u00a0 Six\u2026. (v.1-15) DON\u2019T GET SCAMMED!!!! Solomon here is warning his sons to not stand as guarantor for anyone\u2026..friend or stranger! How many times have people got caught out doing just this!! This warning stands good for every single person\u2026.. it is better to give straight out, rather than to lend hoping to get it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/?p=2778\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t Get Scammed!<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[310,475,193],"class_list":["post-2778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-devotionals","tag-busy","tag-careful","tag-preparing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p69z0J-IO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2778"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2778\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblestudies4you.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}