Proverbs 27:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Take away his garment that hath been surety for a stranger: and take from him a pledge for strangers.
קַח־בִּ֭גְדוֹ כִּי־עָ֣רַב זָ֑ר וּבְעַ֖ד נָכְרִיָּ֣ה חַבְלֵֽהוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 20:16Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.
- Prov 6:1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,
- Prov 6:4Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
- 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?
- Ex 22:26If thou take of thy neighbour a garment in pledge, thou shalt give it him again before sunset.