Proverbs 27:13
Take a man’s garment when he hath become pledge for a stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, seeth calamity—he hideth himself, the simple, pass on—they suffer.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment who is pledge for a stranger,—then, for a woman unknown, accept him as surety.
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 →