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Proverbs 20:16
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Proverbs 20:16
16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
16*Take his garment that is suerty for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
- Chap. 27.13.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 20:16
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
An article of clothing; collectively, clothing or dress.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A pledge, guarantee, or person who answers for another's debt or obligation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
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Open the full verse study15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
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Open the full verse study26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Open the full verse study16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Open the full verse study27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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Open the full verse study3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Open the full verse study10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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Open the full verse study5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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