Proverbs 22:26
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
In context
23 for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, 25 or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; 27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
29 Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:26 in the KJV
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:26 in the ESV
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.