12 [a]A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himself: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.

13 (A)Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

14 He that [b]praiseth his friend with a loud voice, rising [c]early in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:12 Read Prov. 22:3.
  2. Proverbs 27:14 Hebrew, blesseth.
  3. Proverbs 27:14 Hastily and without cause.

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