Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

Young's Literal Translation

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 hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

14Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:26if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

Proverbs 20:16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

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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