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Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger; Hold it for a wayward woman!
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The Folly of Co-Signing
Commentators explain this verse is a stark warning against the financial foolishness of being "surety"—co-signing a loan—for a stranger or someone of unreliable character. Charles Spurgeon notes that the person who does this "will smart for it." The verse advises the lender to be firm and take collateral from such a person, because the deal is almost certain to fail. The implied lesson is to avoid being the person who makes such a foolish pledge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare the marginal reference.
19th Century
Anglican
Take a pledge of him for a strange woman. —See above on Proverbs 20:16; and for “strange woman,” compare the note on Prov…
Baptist
And take a pledge of him for a strange woman. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.] (See Gill on Prov…
An honest man may be made a beggar, but he is not honest who makes himself one.
