Proverbs 20:16

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:13
    93%

    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Prov 11:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Whoever puts up security for a stranger will suffer harm, but whoever hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

    16A gracious woman attains honor, but ruthless men gain wealth.

  • Job 22:6
    76%

    6For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:26
    75%

    26For 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 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge with a stranger,

    2you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your mouth.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10When you lend your neighbor anything, do not enter their house to take what is offered as a pledge.

    11You must wait outside while the person to whom you are lending brings the pledge out to you.

    12If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight.

    13Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

    17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

    27If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

  • Prov 17:18
    74%

    18A person who lacks sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for their neighbor.

  • Deut 24:6
    74%

    6Do not take a pair of millstones, not even the upper one, as security for a debt, because that would be taking a person's livelihood as a pledge.

  • Job 17:3
    74%

    3Put me in your pledge, O God; who else will strike hands with me in agreement?

  • Prov 20:15
    73%

    15There is gold and an abundance of jewels, but lips of knowledge are a precious treasure.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 7:5
    73%

    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 20:17
    72%

    17Food gained by deceit is sweet to a person, but afterward their mouth is full of gravel.

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

  • Exod 22:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14If the owner is with the animal, the borrower does not need to pay. If it was rented, the payment covers the loss.

    15If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride price for her and make her his wife.

    16If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man must still pay the bride price for virgins.

  • Prov 20:25
    71%

    25It is a trap for someone to dedicate something rashly and only later to reconsider their vows.

  • Prov 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20'He took a bag of silver with him and will not return home until the full moon.'

    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Gen 39:16
    70%

    16She kept his garment beside her until his master came home.

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Deut 22:14
    69%

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

  • Gen 38:20
    69%

    20Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to retrieve the pledge from the woman, but he could not find her.

  • Exod 22:7
    69%

    7If the thief is not found, the owner of the house must present himself before God to determine whether he has taken his neighbor’s property.

  • Prov 5:3
    69%

    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Deut 25:11
    69%

    11If two men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband from the hand of the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs him by his private parts,

  • Exod 22:11
    69%

    11But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

  • Deut 22:20
    68%

    20But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.

  • Prov 5:17
    68%

    17Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you.

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing, and let a great ransom not turn you aside.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.