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26 Do not be with those who give a pledge[a]
    by becoming[b] surety.
27 If there is nothing for you to pay,[c]
    why will he take your bed from under you?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:26 Literally “strike a hand”
  2. Proverbs 22:26 Literally “in the becomings of”
  3. Proverbs 22:27 Or “complete”

26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
    your very bed will be snatched from under you.(B)

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