THEOSISProverbs 22:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃
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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 17:18A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.
- Prov 27:13Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
- 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.