18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:18
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 18
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A man אָדָ֣ם H120 Noun - masculine singular lacking חֲסַר־ H2638 Adjective - masculine singular construct judgment לֵ֭ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular strikes תּוֹקֵ֣עַ H8628 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular hands in pledge כָּ֑ף H3709 Noun - feminine singular and puts up security עֹרֵ֥ב H6148 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular . . . עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗ה H6161 Noun - feminine singular for לִפְנֵ֥י H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct his neighbor רֵעֵֽהוּ׃ H7453 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular