Verse 15

Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 17:18 : 18 A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
• Prov 20:16 : 16 Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.
• Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
• Prov 6:1-5 : 1 My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, 2 Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth, 3 Do this now, my son, and be delivered, For thou hast come into the hand of thy friend. Go, trample on thyself, and strengthen thy friend, 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids, 5 Be delivered as a roe from the hand, And as a bird from the hand of a fowler.