“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(A)
    Who else will put up security(B) for me?(C)

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Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

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“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself.
Who is he who (A)will shake hands with me?

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Warnings Against Folly

My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
    if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,

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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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Dangerous Promises

My son, (A)if you become [a]surety for your friend,
If you have [b]shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 guaranty or collateral
  2. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. struck

18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)

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18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

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18 (A)A man devoid of [a]understanding [b]shakes hands in a pledge,
And becomes [c]surety for his friend.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. heart
  2. Proverbs 17:18 Lit. strikes the hands
  3. Proverbs 17:18 guaranty or collateral

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;

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

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26 (A)Do not be one of those who [a]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [b]surety for debts;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
  2. Proverbs 22:26 guaranty