- that is surety:
- "My son,ª if¹ thou be suretyª° for thy friend,ª [if] thou hast strickenª° thy handª with a stranger,ª° ... Deliver²° thyself¹ as a roeª from the handª¹ [of the hunter], and as a birdª from the handª¹ of the fowler.ª" {Prv 6:1-5} + "A manª voidª of understandingª strikethª° hands,ª [and] becomethª° suretyª in the presenceª of his friend.ª" {Prv 17:18} + "Takeª° his garmentª that¹ is suretyª° [for] a stranger:ª° and take a pledgeª° of him for¹ a strange woman.ª" {Prv 20:16} + "Be¹ not¹ thou [one] of them that strikeª° hands,ª [or] of them that are suretiesª° for debts.ª ... If¹ thou hast nothing¹ to pay,ª° why¹ should he take awayª° thy bedª from under¹¹ thee?" {Prv 22:26-27}
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