Proverbs 27:13

13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner. ^[a]

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 son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—

Footnotes

• [a] Or a wayward woman