Proverbs 27:13

13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.

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 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Vg and 20.16: Heb [for a foreign woman]
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