Proverbs 22:26

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

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WEBBE

Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

BSB

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

KJV

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

ASV

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.

BBE

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

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Matthew Henry · Verses 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.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.