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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:26 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Be not thou one of them that strike
taqa` (Hebrew #8628)
to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman by handclasping)
KJV usage: blow ((a trumpet)), cast, clap, fasten, pitch (tent), smite, sound, strike, X suretiship, thrust.
Pronounce: taw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
, or of them that are sureties
`arab (Hebrew #6148)
to braid, i.e. intermix; technically, to traffic (as if by barter); also or give to be security (as a kind of exchange)
KJV usage: engage, (inter-)meddle (with), mingle (self), mortgage, occupy, give pledges, be(-come, put in) surety, undertake.
Pronounce: aw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
for debts
mashsha'ah (Hebrew #4859)
a loan
KJV usage: X any(- thing), debt.
Pronounce: mash-shaw-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4855
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 6:1‑5• 1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
 2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
 3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
 4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
 5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. (Prov. 6:1‑5)
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Prov. 11:15• 15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. (Prov. 11:15)
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Prov. 17:18• 18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. (Prov. 17:18)
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Prov. 27:13• 13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. (Prov. 27:13)
• See notes on Proverbs 6:1-5, and 11:15. Some there are who will never learn by precept. Therefore they must be taught by bitter experience. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts: