Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
*Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 20.16.
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- Proverbs 20:16Rank 1 from verse 13
- Proverbs 6:1–4Rank 2 from verse 13
1MY son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
1¶ My sonne, if thou bee surety for thy friend, it thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the wordes of thy mouth.
3‖Doe this now, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend: goe, humble thy selfe, and make sure thy friend.
4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Proverbs 22:26–27Rank 3 from verse 13
26Be 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?
26*Be 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 vnder thee?
- Exodus 22:26Rank 4 from verse 13
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Proverbs 27:13
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. An article of clothing or covering worn or placed about the body. 2. Figuratively, something that covers or surrounds as clothing does.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A person who undertakes responsibility or gives a guarantee for another or for an obligation. 2. In the phrase ‘of a surety’: certainly or assuredly.
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12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
12*A prudent man foreseeth the euil, and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe on, and are punished.
13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
13*Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Selected passage14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.