15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 11:15
Integrity, Righteousness, and Community Life Under the LORD's Moral Order
The chapter moves through practical arenas of righteousness: commerce, humility, integrity, death and hope, speech, civic life, guidance, mercy, desire, generosity, household stewardship, and final moral recompense.
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Verse 15
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- כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction He who puts up security עָ֣רַב H6148 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular for a stranger זָ֑ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular will surely suffer רַע־ H7451 Adjective - masculine singular . . . יֵ֭רוֹעַ H7489 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular but the one who hates וְשֹׂנֵ֖א H8130 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular indebtedness תֹקְעִ֣ים H8628 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural is secure בּוֹטֵֽחַ׃ H982 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular