6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

²¹ Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

¹⁸ Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape.