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

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10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(A)

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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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Warnings Against Folly

My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
    if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) 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 Whoever puts up security(A) for a stranger will surely suffer,
    but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.(B)

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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 the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge(A) if it is done for an outsider.(B)

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