Proverbs 27:13

13 Take his garment,^[a] for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.^{[b] [c]}

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 my heart joy, so that I can answer anyone who taunts me.

12 The sensible see danger and take cover; the foolish keep going and are punished.

13 Take his garment, for he has put up security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for foreigners.

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

15 An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike.

Footnotes

• [a] A debtor's outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13; Am 2:8
• [b] Lit a foreign woman
• [c] Pr 6:1-5; 11:15; 20:16