Proverbs 11:15 (BSB)

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

From Proverbs 11. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 11:15

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 11:15: Here we are taught, 1. In general, that we may not use our estates as we will (he that gave them to us has reserved to himself a power to direct us how we shall use them, for they are not our own; we are but stewards), and further that God in his law consults our interests and teaches us that charity which begins at...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 11:15: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it,.... Or in "breaking shall be broken" (q), ruined and undone; he engaging or becoming a bondsman for one whose circumstances he knew not; and these being bad bring a load upon him, such an heavy debt as crushes him to pieces. Mr.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 11:15: (Compare Pro 6:1). suretiship--(Compare Margin), the actors put for the action, which may be lawfully hated.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 11:15: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is secure. (h) He who does not without judgment and consideration of the circumstances put himself in danger, as in . (i) He who does not co-sign loans for others is very wise.