Proverbs 17:18
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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:

Lexicon
A man
אָדָ֣ם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

lacking
חֲסַר־ (ḥă·sar-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2638: Needy, lacking, in want of

judgment
לֵ֭ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

strikes
תּוֹקֵ֣עַ (tō·w·qê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8628: To clatter, slap, clang, to drive, to become bondsman

hands in pledge
כָּ֑ף (kāp̄)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

and puts up security
עֹרֵ֥ב (‘ō·rêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6148: To braid, intermix, technically, to traffic, give to be security

for
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

his neighbor.
רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow


Additional Translations
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.

A foolish man applauds and rejoices over himself, as he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

A senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
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