Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 22:26
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Berean Standard Bible
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
King James Version
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.
American Standard Version
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 22
24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
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