Proverbs 22:24–26
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Make no friendship with an angrie man: and with a furious man thou shalt not goe;
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
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.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.6.1. and 11.15.
Narration uses the Pure Cambridge Edition.
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- 2 Corinthians 6:14–17Rank 2 from verse 24
14Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
14Be ye not vnequally yoked together with vnbeleeuers: for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? and what communion hath light with darknesse?
15And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that beleeueth, with an infidel?
16And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idoles? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God, as God hath saide, *I will dwell in them, and walke in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17*Wherefore come out from among them, and bee yee separate, saieth the Lord, and touch not the vncleane thing, and I will receiue you,
- Proverbs 21:24Rank 3 from verse 24
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- Proverbs 13:20Rank 2 from verse 25
- Psalms 106:35Rank 3 from verse 25
From verse 26
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- Proverbs 17:18Rank 2 from verse 26
- Proverbs 6:1–5Rank 3 from verse 26
1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.
3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Proverbs 27:13Rank 4 from verse 26
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Proverbs 22:24
To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
COMBINED MEANING
friendship
A relation of attachment or fellowship.
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Feeling or showing anger; wrathful or provoked.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Full of intense anger, fury, rage, or violent indignation; expressing or executing severe rebuke or vengeance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Proverbs 22:25
For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To gain knowledge, receive instruction, or come to know.
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To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.
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1. Figuratively, something that catches, entangles, endangers, or brings a person into bondage or restraint. 2. A trap, noose, or device for catching.
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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.
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Proverbs 22:26
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To hit, smite, or make forceful contact, including striking off or through. 2. To apply something by a striking motion. 3. To strike hands: to clasp hands in pledge or surety.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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Persons who pledge to answer for another's debt.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. Obligations or amounts one is bound to pay. 2. Offences or sins for which forgiveness is needed.
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23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
23*For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
24Make no friendship with an angrie man: and with a furious man thou shalt not goe;
Selected passage25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
25Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
Selected passage26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Selected passage27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?