Proverbs 22:26 - New Revised Standard Version

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

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

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

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

Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.

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

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

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

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

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

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