26 Be not thou of them that [a]tough the hand, nor among them that are surety for debts.

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from under thee?

28 Thou shalt not (A)remove the ancient bounds which thy fathers have made.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:26 Which rashly put themselves in danger for others, as Prov. 6:2.

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
    your very bed will be snatched from under you.(B)

Saying 5

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(C)
    set up by your ancestors.

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