15He 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־H3588ConjunctionHe who puts up securityעָ֣רַבH6148Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularfor a strangerזָ֑רH2114Adjective - masculine singularwill surely sufferרַע־H7451Adjective - masculine singular. . .יֵ֭רוֹעַH7489Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularbut the one who hatesוְשֹׂנֵ֖אH8130Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularindebtednessתֹקְעִ֣יםH8628Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralis secureבּוֹטֵֽחַ׃H982Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular