Proverbs 22:26 Cross References - TKJU

²⁶ Do not be one of those that strike hands, or of those that are surety for debts.

¹ My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have shaken your hand in pledge with a stranger, ² you are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and so shall you prevail with your friend. ⁴ Do not give sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. ⁵ Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: And he that hates suretyship is secure.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge for a strange woman from him.