13 (A)Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger;
And for an [a]adulterous woman hold him in pledge.
14 (B)He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning,
It will be reckoned a curse to him.
15 A (C)constant dripping on a day of steady rain
And a contentious woman are alike;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 Lit strange

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.(A)

14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping(B)
    of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

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