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.

Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil is her mouth,

To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

For a harlot is a deep ditch, And a strange woman is a strait pit.

If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.