Proverbs 11:15
Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
In Context
14Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
16A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
Cross References
Proverbs 17:18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:15
14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Here is, 1. The bad omen of a kingdom's ruin: Where no counsel is, no consultation at all, but every thing done rashly, or no prudent consultation for the common good, but only caballing for parties and divided interests, the people fall, crumble into factions, fall to pieces, fall together by the ears, and fall an easy prey to their common enemies. Councils of war are necessary to the operations of war; two eyes see more… Read the whole commentary →