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12 The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.(A)
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.[a](B)
14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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  1. 27.13 Vg and 20.16: Heb for a foreign woman