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13 Take his garment, for he gives surety to a stranger,
    and to an adulteress[a]so take his pledge.

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Literally “a foreign woman”

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who guards his master[a] will be honored.

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  1. Proverbs 27:18 Or “lord”

20 Sheol[a] and Abaddon[b] will not be satisfied,
    and the eyes of a person will not be satisfied either.

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  1. Proverbs 27:20 A term for the place where the dead reside, i.e., the Underworld
  2. Proverbs 27:20 Poetic synonym for “Sheol.” Only mentioned in the ot in relation to Sheol, the grave, or death.