Proverbs 22:26

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

Verse Proverbs 22:26. _THAT STRIKE HANDS_] See on the parallel texts in the margin....

STRIKE HANDS - i. e., Bind themselves as surety for what another owes (compare the margin reference)....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in the Hebrew, which is simply שֵׁם (_shem_)_, _"name." But this word carried with it the notion of good repute, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1; for being well known implied honour and reputation, while being nameless (Job 30:8) signified not only obscurity, but ignominy and discredit. Hence the versions have ὄνομα καλόν_, nomen bonum, _and Ecclesiasticus 41:12, "Have regard to thy name (περὶ ὀνόματος)_, _for that shall continue with thee above a thousan

BE NOT THOU [ONE] OF THEM THAT STRIKE HANDS,.... Or "among them" m, of the number of them, that do as they do, give their hand or their bond for others; he surety for them, as it is explained in the following clause; see Proverbs 6:1; [OR] OF THEM THAT ARE SURETIES FOR DEBTS; contracted by others; that engage for the payment of them, in case the principal fails: and it is much if persons that keep indifferent company, angry and furious men, who are often in broils and quarrels, and spend their time and substance in strife and contention, are not drawn into engagements of this kind. m ב "inter", Pagninus, Tigurine version, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis....

CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorable than the poor man who has a name and good reputation. In Ecclesiastes, Solomon says: “A good name is better than precious ointment” Ecclesiastes 7:11). The third verse has a wise message: “The prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.” The Lord has revealed in His Word the evil which is in store for the sinner and the impenitent. He also has prepared a hiding place, an ark of safety, in His Son, our Lord. The prudent believeth the Word and flees to the refuge; the simple, the unbelieving, pass on and suffer for it when the evil comes. Humility and the fear of the Lord has a reward, while thorns and snares are in the way of the

_strike hands_ i.e. as a surety. See Proverbs 6:1 note....

TEXT Proverbs 22:22-29 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23. For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them. 24. Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25. Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul. 26. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts. 27. If thou has not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28. Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall stand before mean men. STUDY QUESTIONS OVER 22:22-29

These proverbs are very unlike the preceding in tone, and style. The author's own personality is brought distinctly into view (Proverbs 22:17; Proverbs 23:15); he had a high opinion of the value of his maxims; he arranges them in strophes, not in couplets....

LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and gold. V2 Rich people and poor people have this in common. God made them all....