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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”

13 Take the garment of him who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it in pledge when he is surety for a seductress.

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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”

18 (A)Whoever [a]keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

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  1. Proverbs 27:18 protects or tends

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.

20 (A)Hell[a] and [b]Destruction are never full;
So (B)the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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  1. Proverbs 27:20 Or Sheol
  2. Proverbs 27:20 Heb. Abaddon