Verse 16

Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. 27 Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,
  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.
  • Prov 11:15 : 15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will suffer harm, but whoever hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts. 27 If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.