Proverbs 27:13
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.
In context
10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. 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; 16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 27:13 in the KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 27:13 in the NIV
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.