Proverbs 11:15 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; but he that hateth them that strike hands is secure.

¹ My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger - ² Thou art snared by the words of thy mouth, thou art caught by the words of thy mouth - ³ Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour. ⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. ⁵ Deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for an alien woman.

²⁶ Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts; ²⁷ If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?