Bible verse
Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
Proverbs 27:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 27.
9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
12 The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
14 If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.
15 A constant dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike—
16 restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
KJV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
ASV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
ERV
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge that is surety for a strange woman.
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