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13 If someone guarantees a stranger’s debt, hold his garment as collateral;
    if that guarantee is for the debt of a foreigner, make sure you get a deposit.
14 Anyone who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice
    early in the morning,
    will find his blessing regarded as a curse.

15 A constant dripping on a rainy day
    and a wife’s bickering are very much alike:

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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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