THEOSISProverbs 20:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
לְֽקַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נכרים נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 27:13Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
- Ex 22:26If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.
- Ex 22:27For that same is the only thing, wherewith he is covered, the clothing of his body, neither hath he any other to sleep in: if he cry to me, I will hear him, because I am compassionate.
- Prov 22:26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
- Prov 22:27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed?
- Prov 11:15He shall be afflicted with evil, that is surety for a stranger: but he that is aware of snares, shall be secure.
- Prov 7:10And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering,
- Prov 2:16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;