Proverbs 22:26 meaning and explanation

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Proverbs 22:26, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse belongs to a collection of thirty sayings in Proverbs 22, where a teacher instructs a learner in practical wisdom. It warns against pledging oneself as surety for another person's debt, a practice that could cost a man his own bed, as the next verse explains.

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