Proverbs 17:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:15 : 15 Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
  • Prov 6:1-5 : 1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, 2 Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, 3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, 5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.
  • Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 6:1-3
    3 verses
    84%

    1My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

    2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

    3Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend,

  • Prov 17:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

    17At all times is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.

  • Prov 11:15
    79%

    15Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

  • Prov 22:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

    25Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

  • Job 17:3
    77%

    3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

  • Prov 18:24
    76%

    24A man with friends `is' to show himself friendly, And there is a lover adhering more than a brother!

  • Prov 27:12-14
    3 verses
    75%

    12The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

    14Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

  • Prov 17:19-21
    3 verses
    74%

    19Whoso is loving transgression is loving debate, Whoso is making high his entrance is seeking destruction.

    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

    21Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

  • Prov 20:16
    74%

    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

  • Prov 14:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

    17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Prov 19:2-4
    3 verses
    72%

    2Also, without knowledge the soul `is' not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

    3The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

    4Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

  • Prov 11:12
    72%

    12Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

  • Prov 27:17
    71%

    17Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.

  • Job 6:27
    71%

    27Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

  • Prov 16:28-29
    2 verses
    71%

    28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

  • Prov 26:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, `Is' a passer-by making himself wrath for strife not his own.

    18As `one' pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

  • Prov 15:21
    70%

    21Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth `his' going.

  • Ezek 17:18
    70%

    18And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

  • Prov 29:24
    70%

    24Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

  • Prov 18:6
    70%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Prov 19:7
    70%

    7All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words -- they are not!

  • Prov 25:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

    19A bad tooth, and a tottering foot, `Is' the confidence of the treacherous in a day of adversity.

  • Prov 7:7
    69%

    7And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

  • Job 6:14
    69%

    14To a despiser of his friends `is' shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

  • Prov 18:16
    69%

    16The gift of a man maketh room for him, And before the great it leadeth him.

  • Prov 17:9
    69%

    9Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

  • Prov 27:10
    69%

    10Thine own friend, and the friend of thy father, forsake not, And the house of thy brother enter not In a day of thy calamity, Better `is' a near neighbour than a brother afar off.

  • Prov 26:6
    69%

    6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

  • Prov 18:2
    69%

    2A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

  • Prov 18:9
    69%

    9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

  • Exod 22:14
    69%

    14`And when a man doth ask `anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

  • Prov 17:25
    69%

    25A provocation to his father `is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

  • Prov 29:22
    69%

    22An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

  • Prov 25:8
    69%

    8Go not forth to strive, haste, turn, What dost thou in its latter end, When thy neighbour causeth thee to blush?