Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge [who is surety] for a strange woman.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
In Context
12A prudent man sees the evil, [and] hides himself. The simple pass on, [and] suffer for it.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge for foreigners.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:13
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. This we had before, ch. xxii. 3 . Note, 1. Evil may be foreseen. Where there is temptation, it is easy to foresee that if we thrust ourselves into it there will be sin, and as easy to foresee that if we venture upon the evil of sin there will follow the evil of punishment; and, commonly, God warns before he wounds, having set watchmen over us, Jer. vi. 17 . 2. It will be well or ill with us according as we do or do… Read the whole commentary →