Proverbs 27:13
קַח ־ בִּגְדוֹ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נָכְרִיָּה חַבְלֵֽהוּ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
12עָרוּם רָאָה רָעָה נִסְתָּר פְּתָאיִם עָבְרוּ נֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ ׃
14מְבָרֵךְ רֵעֵהוּ ׀ בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל בַּבֹּקֶר הַשְׁכֵּים קְלָלָה תֵּחָשֶׁב לֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Exodus 22:26כִּי הִוא כסותה לְבַדָּהּ הִוא שִׂמְלָתוֹ לְעֹרוֹ בַּמֶּה יִשְׁכָּב וְהָיָה כִּֽי ־ יִצְעַק אֵלַי וְשָׁמַעְתִּי כִּֽי ־ חַנּוּן אָֽנִי ׃ ס
Proverbs 20:16לְֽקַח ־ בִּגְדוֹ כִּי ־ עָרַב זָר וּבְעַד נכרים חַבְלֵֽהוּ ׃
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 →