15 If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,(A)
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

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15 Whoever puts up security(A) for a stranger will surely suffer,
    but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.(B)

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18 One without sense enters an agreement[a]
and puts up security for his friend.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 17:18 Lit sense shakes hands

18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
    and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)

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16 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 20:16 A debtor’s outer garment was held as collateral.

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

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26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;

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13 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
  2. Proverbs 27:13 Lit a foreign woman

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)

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