Proverbs 20:16

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: 27 for it alone is his covering, it `is' his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I `am' gracious.
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
  • Prov 11:15 : 15 Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:13
    93%

    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Prov 11:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15Evil `one' suffereth when he hath been surety `for' a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

    16A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible `men' retain riches.

  • Job 22:6
    76%

    6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.

  • Exod 22:26
    75%

    26if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him:

  • Prov 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

    2Hast been snared with sayings of thy mouth, Hast been captured with sayings of thy mouth,

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10`When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

    11at the outside thou dost stand, and the man on whom thou art lifting `it' up is bringing out unto thee the pledge at the outside.

    12`And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge;

    13thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

    17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17`Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens.

    27If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

  • Prov 17:18
    74%

    18A man lacking heart is striking hands, A surety he becometh before his friend.

  • Deut 24:6
    74%

    6`None doth take in pledge millstones, and rider, for life it `is' he is taking in pledge.

  • Job 17:3
    74%

    3Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

  • Prov 20:15
    73%

    15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • Prov 7:5
    73%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 20:17
    72%

    17Sweet to a man `is' the bread of falsehood, And afterwards is his mouth filled `with' gravel.

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

    27Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

  • Exod 22:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14`And when a man doth ask `anything' from his neighbour, and it hath been hurt or hath died -- its owner not being with it -- he doth certainly repay;

    15if its owner `is' with it, he doth not repay, -- if it `is' a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

    16`And when a man doth entice a virgin who `is' not betrothed, and hath lain with her, he doth certainly endow her to himself for a wife;

  • Prov 20:25
    71%

    25A snare to a man `is' he hath swallowed a holy thing, And after vows to make inquiry.

  • Prov 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'

    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • Gen 39:16
    70%

    16And she placeth his garment near her, until the coming in of his lord unto his house.

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Deut 22:14
    69%

    14and laid against her actions of words, and brought out against her an evil name, and said, This woman I have taken, and I draw near unto her, and I have not found in her tokens of virginity:

  • Gen 38:20
    69%

    20And Judah sendeth the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the hand of the woman, and he hath not found her.

  • Exod 22:7
    69%

    7`When a man doth give unto his neighbour silver, or vessels to keep, and it hath been stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he repayeth double.

  • Prov 5:3
    69%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

  • Deut 25:11
    69%

    11`When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,

  • Exod 22:11
    69%

    11an oath of Jehovah is between them both, that he hath not put forth his hand against the work of his neighbour, and its owner hath accepted, and he doth not repay;

  • Deut 22:20
    68%

    20`And if this thing hath been truth -- tokens of virginity have not been found for the damsel --

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,

  • Prov 5:17
    68%

    17Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18Lest He move thee with a stroke, And the abundance of an atonement turn thee not aside.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.