18A 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 manאָדָ֣םH120Noun - masculine singularlackingחֲסַר־H2638Adjective - masculine singular constructjudgmentלֵ֭בH3820Noun - masculine singularstrikesתּוֹקֵ֣עַH8628Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularhands in pledgeכָּ֑ףH3709Noun - feminine singularand puts up securityעֹרֵ֥בH6148Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular. . .עֲ֝רֻבָּ֗הH6161Noun - feminine singularforלִפְנֵ֥יH6440Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructhis neighborרֵעֵֽהוּ׃H7453Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular