Proverbs 11:15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
††Hee that is suretie for a stranger, shall smart for it: and hee that hateth suretiship, is sure.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. shalbe sore broken.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. those that strike hands.
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- Proverbs 17:18Rank 1 from verse 15
- Proverbs 6:1–5Rank 2 from verse 15
1MY 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.
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.
3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Proverbs 20:16Rank 3 from verse 15
- Proverbs 22:26–27Rank 4 from verse 15
26Be 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?
26*Be 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 vnder thee?
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Proverbs 11:15
1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To suffer pain, grief, or an unpleasant consequence.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
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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: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Certain, firm, secure, dependable, or firmly established.
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1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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14Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.
14*Where no counsell is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safetie.
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.
Selected passage16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retaine riches.