Verse 13

Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:16 : 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.
  • Exod 22:26 : 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.
  • Prov 6:1-4 : 1 My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger, 2 you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your mouth. 3 So do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have come into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your case with your neighbor. 4 Do not allow sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
  • 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?