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.

The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure.

Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.

Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.

If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down,

to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;

For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.