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26 Do not be with those who give a pledge[a]
    by becoming[b] surety.
27 If there is nothing for you to pay,[c]
    why will he take your bed from under you?

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Literally “strike a hand”
  2. Proverbs 22:26 Literally “in the becomings of”
  3. Proverbs 22:27 Or “complete”

26 (A)Do not be one of those who [a]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [b]surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
  2. Proverbs 22:26 guaranty

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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