Proverbs 20:16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:16
Revised Standard Version
16 Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
21 An estate quickly acquired in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.(A)
Proverbs 20:21
Revised Standard Version
21 An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning
will in the end not be blessed.
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