26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)

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  1. 22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers

26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands

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

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  1. 27:13 Lit a foreign woman

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

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
  2. Proverbs 27:13 Lit a foreign woman