Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
In context
10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; Neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: For better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me. 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and are punished.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, And take a pledge of him for a strange woman. 14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, It shall be counted a curse to him. 15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike. 16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, And the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Compare in other versions
- 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.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 27:13 in the ESV
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.