Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Be not thou one of them that strike hands,.... Or "among them" (m), of the number of them, that do as they do, give their hand or their bond for others; he surety for them, as it is explained in the…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Strike hands - i. e., Bind themselves as surety for what another owes (compare the margin reference).
We have here, as often before, a caution against suretiship, as a thing both imprudent and unjust. 1. We must not associate ourselves, nor contract an intimacy, with men of broken fortunes, and…
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