Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake.
Bible (Bishops')
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
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
Proverbs 7:5That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.
Proverbs 11:15He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretishyp is sure.
Proverbs 23:27For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:16
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. The lips of knowledge (a good understanding to guide the lips and a good elocution to diffuse the knowledge) are to be preferred far before gold, and pearl, and rubies; for, 1. They are more rare in themselves, more scarce and hard to be got. There is gold in many a man's pocket that has no grace in his heart. In Solomon's time there was plenty of gold ( 1 Kings x. 21 ) and abundance of rubies; every body wore them; they… Read the whole commentary →