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# General Information:
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These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](./20.md)).
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# strikes hands
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A person would strike his hand against another person's hand to bind himself to do what he had agreed to do. Here the speaker warns the hearer not to strike hands as a way to promise to pay off someone's debts.
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# in making a pledge
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"and agree to pay what someone owes to another person"
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