15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, …
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. …
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15)Here we are taught, 1. In general, that we may not use our estates as we will (he that gave them to us has reserved to himself a power to direct us how we shall use them, for they are not our own; we are but stewards), and further that God in his law consults our interests and teaches us that charity which begins at home, as well as that which must not end there. There is a good husbandry which is…
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