Proverbs 22:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

Proverbs 17:18

A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

Proverbs 27:13

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.