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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad,
    so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
12 The clever see danger and hide;
    but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Vg and 20.16: Heb for a foreign woman

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