10 strangers will drain your resources,
and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner’s house.

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10 so that strangers don’t enrich themselves at your expense,[a]
    and your work won’t end up the possession of foreigners.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. don’t satisfy themselves with your strength
  2. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. won’t go into a foreigner’s house

Financial Entanglements

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor[a]
or entered into an agreement with[b] a stranger,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Or friend
  2. 6:1 Lit or slapped hands for

The Folly of Guaranteeing Loans

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor,
if you have agreed to a deal[a] with a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. have clapped your hands; i.e. have shaken hands

15 If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,(A)
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

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15 Securing a loan for a stranger will bring suffering,
    but by refusing to do so, one remains safe.

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

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16 Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman.

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