Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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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

12The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

14If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Proverbs 20:16Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

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 →

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