Proverbs 20:16

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:13
    93%

    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  • Prov 11:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

    16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

  • Job 22:6
    76%

    6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:26
    75%

    26If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

  • Prov 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.

    11Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.

    12And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:

    13In any case thou shalt liver 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.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

    17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

  • Prov 17:18
    74%

    18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the esence of his friend.

  • Deut 24:6
    74%

    6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

  • Job 17:3
    74%

    3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

  • Prov 20:15
    73%

    15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a ecious jewel.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 7:5
    73%

    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 20:17
    72%

    17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the ecious life.

    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

  • Exod 22:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14And 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.

    15But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.

    16And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

  • Prov 20:25
    71%

    25It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

  • Prov 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

    21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • Gen 39:16
    70%

    16And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home.

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Deut 22:14
    69%

    14And 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:

  • Gen 38:20
    69%

    20And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pled from the woman's hand: but he found her not.

  • Exod 22:7
    69%

    7If 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.

  • Prov 5:3
    69%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

  • Deut 25:11
    69%

    11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to liver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:

  • Exod 22:11
    69%

    11Then 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.

  • Deut 22:20
    68%

    20But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7And 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;

  • Prov 5:17
    68%

    17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.