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Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:26

Thirty Sayings of the Wise · Proverbs 22:17–29
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Translations

Modern
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Traditional
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Literal
Do not be among those striking hands in the pledging for loans.
Latin
Noli esse cum his qui defigunt manus suas, et qui vades se offerunt pro debitis:

Interlinear

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

Notes

Proverbs 22:26–27

This proverb's message is also found in Proverbs 6:1–5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 27:13.

Proverbs 22:17–24:22

This section is attributed to a group known as the wise, but their identity is unknown. There is a mention of thirty sayings (Proverbs 22:20). The wisdom sayings that follow can be divided into thirty sections. These sections are similar to an Egyptian work called the Instruction of Amenemope, which is also divided into thirty chapters.

Glossary

Archaeology and the Bible Debt Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Contraception Contracts by Joining Hands Cosigning a Loan Creditor: Oppressions of Creditors: Might Demand: Security of Others Creditors: Often Exacted Debts: from the Sureties Debt: Security For Debts Friendship: General Scriptures Concerning Loans Paying a Debt Paying Debts Property: Personal: Sold for Debt Prudence: General Scriptures Concerning Surety (Guarantee): General Scriptures Concerning The Hands: Suretiship Entered Into by Striking