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Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:
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It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
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A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.
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Forget not the kindness of thy surety: for he hath given his life for thee.
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The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.
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A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
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A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.
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Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
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It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
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A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
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Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.