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Proverbs 20:16
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Proverbs 20:16 · New Heart English 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 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14 "It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17 Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
18 Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore do not keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
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