Proverbs 27:13

Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, 1 and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman. 1

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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 trouble and hides himself, 1 but the naive people go on and suffer because of it. 1

14Whoever gives his neighbor a blessing with a loud voice early in the morning, 1 that blessing will be considered to be a curse! 1

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Cross References

Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you must return it to him before the sun goes down,

Proverbs 20:16Take a garment of one who has put up security for a stranger, 1 and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an immoral woman. 1

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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