Proverbs 27:13

13 Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.

Proverbs 27:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a
pledge of him for a strange woman.] (See Gill on Proverbs 20:16), where the same proverb is, and is expressed in the same words as here.

Proverbs 27:13 In-Context

11 My son, become wise, and gladden my heart, so that I can answer my critics.
12 The clever see trouble coming and hide; the thoughtless go on and pay the penalty.
13 Seize his clothes because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.
14 Whoever greets his neighbor in a loud voice at dawn might just as well have cursed him.
15 A leak that keeps dripping on a rainy day and the nagging of a wife are the same -
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