15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
Several chapters (and months) ago we described how to rectify unwise debt decisions. Here is how it begins. Proverbs makes an important distinction between friend and stranger. Helping others is certainly encouraged, but making promises you can't keep, or in this example supporting promises others can't keep, is not encouraged.
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