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Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Proverbs 20:16 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 20:16 in other translations
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
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In context
13 Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.
15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.
16 Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
17 The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.
18 Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.
19 He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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