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10 lest strangers feast on your wealth,
    and your labors enrich another man’s house.

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10 And strangers will be filled with your strength,
And your hard-earned possessions will go to the house of a foreigner;

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My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor,
    if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Parental Counsel

My son, if you have become a (A)guarantor for your neighbor,
Or have given a handshake for a stranger,

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15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it,
    but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

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15 One who is a (A)guarantor for a stranger will certainly suffer for it,
But one who hates [a]being a guarantor is secure.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:15 Lit those who strike hands

16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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16 Take his garment when he becomes guarantor for a stranger;
And for foreigners, seize a pledge from him.

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