15. Forget not the good offices of your surety; For he has given his life for you.
16. A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety;
17. And he that is of an unthankful mind will fail him that delivered him.
18. Suretiship has undone many that were prospering, And shaken them as a wave of the sea: Mighty men has it driven from their homes; And they wandered among strange nations.
19. A sinner that falls into suretiship, And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.
20. Help your neighbor according to your power, And take heed to yourself that you fall not to the same.