“Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”
Proverbs 27:13 (KJV) |
Proverbs 27:13
From Proverbs 27, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).
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My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.