Proverbs 22:26
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.
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- Proverbs 11:15Rank 1 from verse 26
- 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 22:26
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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Persons who pledge to answer for another's debt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Obligations or amounts one is bound to pay. 2. Offences or sins for which forgiveness is needed.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references
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22:25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
22:25Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.
22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:26*Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Selected passage22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?