Proverbs 27:13

13 Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.

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, and I will answer him who reproaches me [with] a word.

12 [When] the clever sees danger, he hides; the simple go on [and] suffer.

13 Take his garment, for he gives surety [to] a stranger, and to {an adulteress}--[so] take his pledge.

14 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, a curse will be reckoned to him.

15 Dripping constantly on a day of heavy rain and a woman of contention are alike.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "a foreign woman"