Proverbs 22:26
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New International Version (©1984)
Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Do not be [found] among those who make deals with a handshake, among those who guarantee other people's loans.

King James Bible
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

American King James Version
Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

American Standard Version
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Bible in Basic English
Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

Darby Bible Translation
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:

English Revised Version
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts:

Webster's Bible Translation
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

World English Bible
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

Young's Literal Translation
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

Geneva Study Bible

Be not thou one of them that {p} strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

(p) Who rashly put themselves in danger for others, as in Pr 6:2.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

26, 27. (Compare Pr 6:1; 17:18).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:26,27. Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have. 28. We are taught not to trespass on another man's right. And it is hard to find a truly industrious man. Such a man will rise. Seest thou a man diligent in the business of religion? He is likely to excel. Let us then be diligent in God's work.


Proverbs 17:18 A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor. (NASB ©1995)

Agreement Burdens Collateral Debts Hands Pledge Pledges Puts Responsible Security Strike Strikes Striking Surety Themselves


Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

6:1-5 11:15 17:18 27:13

Bible Gateway: Proverbs Chapter 22 Verse 26 NIV ESV NKJV NLT KJV Message Amplified

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