Proverbs 22:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

Proverbs 22:26 Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble, but there is safety in refusing to do so.

Proverbs 17:18

It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.