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Proverbs 11:15
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Proverbs 11:15
15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
15††Hee that is suretie for a stranger, shall smart for it: and hee that hateth suretiship, is sure.
- Heb. shalbe sore broken.
- Heb. those that strike hands.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 11:15
A pledge, guarantee, or person who answers for another's debt or obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To suffer pain, grief, or an unpleasant consequence.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
suretiship
The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for another, and make good any debt or loss which may occur from another's delinquency.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 15
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Open the full verse study18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Open the full verse study1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do 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.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Open the full verse study16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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