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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    and I will answer him who reproaches me with a word.
12 When the clever sees danger, he hides;
    the simple go on and suffer.
13 Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger,
    and to an adulteress[a]so take his pledge.

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Literally “a foreign woman”