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13 (A)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.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.(A)

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Practical Warnings

My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbour,
    have (B)given your pledge for a stranger,

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Warnings Against Folly

My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
    if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,

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26 Be not one of those who (A)give pledges,
    who put up security for debts.

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Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;

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