Proverbs 22:26
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Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
Do not be among those who give pledges [involving themselves in others’ finances], Or among those who become guarantors for others’ debts.
Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another’s debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.
Don’t shake hands to guarantee a loan.
Don’t be one of those who give pledges, guaranteeing loans made to others;
Don't guarantee to pay someone else's debt.
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
Don’t promise to pay someone else’s debt.
3. Do not promise to pay someone else's debt.
Do not be among those who shake hands to guarantee debts.
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
Don’t ·promise [L shake hands] to pay what someone else owes, and don’t guarantee anyone’s loan.
Be not thou of them that tough the hand, nor among them that are surety for debts.
Do not be ⌞found⌟ among those who make deals with a handshake, among those who guarantee other people’s loans.
Don't promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.
Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.
Don’t promise to pay what someone else owes. And don’t give guarantees that you will pay what he owes.
Don’t be one of those who make promises to guarantee loans for debts.
¶ Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Do not be among those who strike hands in pledge, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Do not be with those who give a pledge by becoming surety.
Unless you have the extra cash on hand, don’t countersign a note. Why risk everything you own? They’ll even take your bed!
Don’t gamble on the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, pawning your house against a lucky chance. The time will come when you have to pay up; you’ll be left with nothing but the shirt on your back.
Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, or of those who use securities for debts;
Do not be found among those who make deals with a handshake, among those who guarantee other people’s loans.
Do not be one of those who give their hand in pledge, those who become surety for debts;
Do not be among those who shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Do not be one of those who give pledges and become surety for another’s debts.
Don’t promise to pay what someone else owes, and don’t guarantee anyone’s loan.
Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
Don’t agree to pay for what someone else owes. And don’t agree to pay their bills for them.
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;
Do not be among those who make promises and put themselves up as trust for what others owe.
Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt or put up security for someone else.
Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, or of them that are collateral for masha’ot (debts, loans).
Do not be one of those who shakes hands in pledges; nor among those who are surety for debts.
Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
Do not be one who shakes hands or puts up security for debts.
Do not be a person to guarantee someone else’s loan or put up collateral for the debts of an acquaintance;
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
Do not thou be with them that fasten, or bind, their hands, and that proffer themselves to be borrows for debts; (Do not thou be with those who bind their hands, and who offer themselves as pledges for other people’s debts;)
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
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