John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 11:15

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it], etc.] Or in “breaking shall be broken”f305, ruined and undone; he engaging or becoming a bondsman for one whose circumstances he knew not; and these being bad bring a load upon him, such an heavy debt as crushes him to pieces. Mr. Henry observes that our Lord Jesus Christ became a surety for us when we were strangers, and he smarted for it, he was bruised and wounded for our sins; but then he knew our circumstances, and what the consequence would be, and became a surety on purpose to pay the whole debt and set us free; which he was capable of doing: without being broken or becoming a bankrupt himself; for he was not broken, nor did he fail, (<234204>Isaiah 42:4). Jarchi’s note is, “the wicked shall be broken, to whose heart idolatry is sweet;” and he that hateth suretyship is sure; or those “that strike”f306, that is, with the hand, used in suretyship; (see <200601>Proverbs 6:1); such an one is safe from coming into trouble by such means. The Targum is, “and hates those that place their hope in God.”

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