Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 22:26 · King James Version

In other versions

Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.
ASV
Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:
BBE
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
DBY
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts.
WEB
Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.
YLT
Be not you one of them that shake hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
ENG
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
WBT
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
BSB

²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

²⁵Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

²⁶Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

²⁷If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.