Proverbs 20:16

Expanded Bible

¹⁶Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s debts,
and keep it until he pays what the ·stranger [^Lforeigner] owes.

Proverbs 20:16

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.

¹⁶Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge^(A) if it is done for an outsider.^(B)

²¹Wealth inherited quickly in the beginning
will ·do you no good [not bless you] in the end.

²¹An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.

²¹An inheritance claimed too soon
will not be blessed at the end.

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