◄ Proverbs 17:18 ►
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Good News Translation
Only someone with no sense would promise to be responsible for someone else's debts.

New Revised Standard Version
It is senseless to give a pledge, to become surety for a neighbor.

Contemporary English Version
It's stupid to guarantee someone else's loan.

New American Bible
Those without sense give their hands in pledge, becoming surety for their neighbors.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.

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Proverbs 6:1-5 Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words. . . .

Proverbs 11:15 A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.

Proverbs 20:16 Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

Proverbs 22:16,27 He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need. . . .

understanding heart

Context
Better a Dry Morsel in Quietness
…17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress. 18A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend.19He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels: and he that exalteth his door, seeketh ruin.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:1
Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

Proverbs 11:15
A gracious woman shall find glory: and the strong shall have riches.

Proverbs 22:26
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

Proverbs 17:17
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