"Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman." — Proverbs 20:16

Proverbs 20:16 · KJV

“Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.”

— Proverbs 20:16

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}

Proverbs 20 — Context

{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge {are} a precious jewel.

Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Bread of deceit {is} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. {deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}

{Every} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:13

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Exodus 22:26-27

If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:

Proverbs 11:15

He that is surety for a stranger shall smart {for it}: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. {smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}

Proverbs 22:26-27

Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 23:27

For a whore {is} a deep ditch; and a strange woman {is} a narrow pit.

Proverbs 7:10

And, behold, there met him a woman {with} the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.