Proverbs 22:26

Proverbs chapter 22 · verse 26 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

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

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

v.25Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

v.26This passage

v.27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 6:1
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Proverbs 17:18
A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; But he that hateth suretyship is secure.