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14 [a]A good person will be surety for a neighbor,
    but whoever has lost a sense of shame will fail him.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 29:14–17 Ben Sira is more lenient on going surety than earlier sages; cf. Prv 6:1–5.

On Guaranteeing Debts

14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor,
    but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail him.

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Guaranteeing Debts

14 A good man is willing to guarantee his neighbor's debts. Only someone who has lost all sense of decency would refuse to do so.

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