Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 20:16; Proverbs 22:26; Proverbs 22:27; Proverbs 6:1-5
See the marginal reference. The play upon “sure” and “suretiship” in the the King James Version (though each word is rightly rendered) has nothing...
He that is surety for a (h) stranger shall smart [for it]: and he (i) that hateth suretiship is secure. (h) He who does not without judgment and con...
Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group...
for. stranger, &c. Christ became surety for His People, and they were "strangers" ( Ephesians 2:12 ); and He smarted for it, blessed be His Nam...
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : and he that hateth suretiship is sure. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it - H...
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all frau...
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for...
1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
He that is surety for a stranger. — Rather, for another, as Proverbs 6:1 . Is sure. — Rather, is in quiet, undisturbed by the anxieties des...
CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, a...
Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectati...
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through know...
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 bondsma...
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. Ver. 15. He that is surety for a stranger shall smar...
He that is surety for a stranger , &c. “He is in great danger to be undone, who stands bound to pay the debts of another man, especially of a st...
The Rewards of Righteousness. 15 He that is surety for a stranger sha...
A stranger; whose condition he doth not thoroughly understand, and therefore knows not his own danger. Suretiship; of which See Poole on " Prove...
Further Contrasts Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous ( Proverbs 11:15-23 ). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:14 . Counsel , literally, “pilotage,” “steermanship.” Proverbs 11:15 . Suretyship , literally “striking hands.” S...
Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
v. 15. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it, be will fare extremely ill on account of his rash act; and he that hateth suretyship,...
15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smarte for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.