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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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

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.

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

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

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