Verse 15

¶ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:18 : 18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
• Prov 20:16 : 16 ¶ Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
• Prov 22:26-27 : 26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
• Prov 6:1-5 : 1 ¶ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.