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 that becometh surety for a stranger, goeth to utter ruin, but, he that hateth striking hands, is secure.

Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.

If thou, do take in pledge, the mantle of thy neighbour, by the going in of the sun, shalt thou restore it to him;

To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?

Take a man's garment when he hath become pledge for stranger, then, for a female unknown, accept him as surety.