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Proverbs 22:26 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. "
Proverbs 22:26
Verse in Context
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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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Proverbs 22:1
"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold."
Proverbs 22:2
"The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker"
Proverbs 22:3
"A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."
Proverbs 22:4
"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life."
Proverbs 22:5
"Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far"
Proverbs 22:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart"
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