Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
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...
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.
(Compare Pro 6:1). suretiship--(Compare Margin), the actors put for the action, which may be lawfully hated.