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

24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? 28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

Proverbs 22:26 word by word

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

• Do notאַל'al · notH408
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• one who gives pledgesתָּקַעtâqa‛ · to blowH8628
• one who gives pledgesכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• who puts up securityעָרַב‛ârab · to pledgeH6148
• for debtsמַשָּׁאָהmashshâ'âh · loanH4859

Cross-references for Proverbs 22:26

• Proverbs 6:1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
• Proverbs 11:15He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
• Proverbs 17:18A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
• Proverbs 27:13Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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