Proverbs 22:26-27
Common English Bible
26 Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.
27 If you can’t repay,
why should they be able to take your bed from you?
Proverbs 22:26-27
New International Version
Saying 4
Proverbs 22:26-27
King James Version
26 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?
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Proverbs 22:26-27
New King James Version
26 (A)Do not be one of those who [a]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [b]surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
- Proverbs 22:26 guaranty
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