Proverbs 20:16

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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it,
But he who hates being a guarantor is secure.

Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;

And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.

If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,

To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the

adulteress who flatters with her words;

For the lips of an

adulteress drip honey

And smoother than oil is her speech;

That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

For a harlot is a deep pit
And an

adulterous woman is a narrow well.

If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?

Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;

And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge.