Add parallel Print Page Options

Practical Warnings

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Have struck your [a]hands in pledge for a stranger,

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit palms

15 If one becomes a (A)guarantor for a stranger, he will surely suffer,
But he who hates [a]striking hands in pledge is secure.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:15 Or being a guarantor

26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms