Proverbs 22:26
“Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Be not thou one of them that strike hands,.... Or "among them" (m), of the number of them, that do as they do, give…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Strike hands - i. e., Bind themselves as surety for what another owes (compare the margin reference).
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 22:26-27
We have here, as often before, a caution against suretiship, as a thing both imprudent and unjust. 1. We must not…
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