Proverbs 11:15

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 (Hebrew, 'shall be broken with a breakage,' like a potter's vessel; or else, 'shall be evilly entreated with evil').

And he that hateth suretiship is sure. It aggravates the folly of reckless "suretiship" (literally, 'sureties') when it is "for a stranger," to whom one is in no way bound by duty to run such a risk (cf. note, ).