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Proverbs 22:26
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Proverbs 22:26
26Be 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.
- Chap.6.1. and 11.15.
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Proverbs 22:26
The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To clasp hands in pledge or surety.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The end parts of the arms used for holding and working; also figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons who pledge themselves for another's debt or duty; guarantees or assurances.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay or perform to another.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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From verse 26
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study1MY 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.
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Open the full verse study13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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