Proverbs 6:1 meaning and explanation
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is a father instructing his son in wisdom, and he opens a warning about rash financial pledges. To "put up security" meant pledging one's own property or freedom for another person's debt, and striking hands sealed the agreement publicly.
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