Proverbs 27:13

13 ¹Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress. ^[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 make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.

12 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

13 Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.

14 Whoever blesses his 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 quarrelsome wife are alike;

Cross References

• 1. 27:13 See ch. 20:16

Footnotes

• [a] 27:13 Hebrew 'a foreign woman'; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) 'foreigners'