Proverbs 11:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

for. stranger, &c. Christ became surety for His People, and they were "strangers" (Ephesians 2:12); and He smarted for it, blessed be His Name! Hebrew. zur, an apostate. See note on Proverbs 5:3.

smart for it. be sore broken. See Psalms 38:8; Psalms 69:20.

is sure. is secure. Hebrew. batah. App-69.

Proverbs 11:15

15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smarte for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.