Proverbs 20:16
¶ Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 27:13 : 13 ¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: 27 For that [is] his covering only, it [is] his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I [am] gracious.
- Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
- Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
- Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
- Prov 7:10 : 10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
- Prov 11:15 : 15 ¶ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
- Prov 22:26-27 : 26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- Prov 23:27 : 27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
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13 ¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Prov 11:15-162 verses77%
15 ¶ He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
16 ¶ A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.
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6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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26 If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
- Prov 6:1-22 verses75%
1 ¶ My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
- Deut 24:10-134 verses75%
10 When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.
11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
12 And if the man [be] poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, [nor] of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
- Prov 22:26-272 verses74%
26 ¶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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6 No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.
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3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who [is] he [that] will strike hands with me?
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15 ¶ There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
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32 [But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!
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5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
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17 ¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
- Prov 6:24-274 verses72%
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
- Exod 22:14-163 verses71%
14 And if a man borrow [ought] of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof [being] not with it, he shall surely make [it] good.
15 [But] if the owner thereof [be] with it, he shall not make [it] good: if it [be] an hired [thing], it came for his hire.
16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
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25 ¶ [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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16 And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.
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33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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14 And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:
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20 And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive [his] pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
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7 ¶ If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
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3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
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9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
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11 When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
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11 [Then] shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept [thereof], and he shall not make [it] good.
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20 But if this thing be true, [and the tokens of] virginity be not found for the damsel:
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7 And hath not oppressed any, [but] hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
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17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
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18 Because [there is] wrath, [beware] lest he take thee away with [his] stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
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27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.