THEOSISProverbs 17:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
אָדָ֣ם חֲסַר־לֵ֭ב תּוֹקֵ֣עַ כָּ֑ף עֹרֵ֥ב עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה לִפְנֵ֥י רֵעֵֽהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 11:15He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure.
- Prov 6:1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,
- Prov 6:5Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Prov 22:26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
- Prov 22:27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed?
- Prov 20:16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
- Prov 22:16He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.