Proverbs 22:26

Proverbs 22:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;

Context of Proverbs 22:26

24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts. 27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 22:26 word by word

אַל־תְּהִ֥י בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָ֑ף בַּ֝עֹרְבִ֗ים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:26

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

Commentaries on Proverbs 22:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26That strike hands - See on Proverbs 6:1; (note); Proverbs 11:15; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Strike hands - i. e., Bind themselves as surety for what another owes (compare the margin reference).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-27Verses 26-27 Every man ought to be just to himself, and his family; those are not so, who, by folly or other carelessness, waste what they have.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26-27This proverb's message is also found in Proverbs 6:1–5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16; 27:13.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2726-27. (Compare Pr 6:1; 17:18).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 22:26

• Contracts
• Creditor
• Debt
• Friendship
• Property
• Prudence
• Surety (Guarantee)

In the dictionaries

• Evil
• Hide
• Lender
• Prudent
• Rob
• Train
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Sirach, the Alphabet of
• Strike
• Surety

Commentaries on Proverbs 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings