Catholic Public Domain Version
"Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts. "
— Proverbs 22:26, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.”
“Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts. ”
“Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.”
“Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.”
“Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:”
“Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:”
“Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.”
For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul.
Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,
lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.
Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.