Add parallel Print Page Options

Many will say they are loyal friends,
    but who can find one who is truly reliable?

Read full chapter

Many a person proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy person?(A)

Read full chapter

16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
    Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.

16 Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.(A)

Read full chapter