Proverbs 17:18
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A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
In other translations
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
- Proverbs 6:1-51 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, 2 if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, 3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor. 4 Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- Proverbs 22:26-2726 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
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