A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Gill's Exposition
A man void of understanding striketh hands,.... With his friend's creditor, and becomes surety for him; and thereby acts a very unwise part, and shows himself to want understanding, by taking such a…
Barnes' Notes
Compare the marginal reference. Since nothing is nobler than the self-sacrifice of the true friend Pro 17:17, so nothing is more contemptible than the weakness which allows itself to be sacrificed for…
Matthew Henry
Though Solomon had commended friendship in adversity (Pro 17:17), yet let not any, under pretence of being generous to their friends, be unjust to their families and wrong them; one part of our duty…
Cambridge Bible
understanding Lit. heart, as in Pro 17:17.
surety See Pro 6:1 note.
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