10 Lest the stranger should be filled with thy strength, and thy [a]labors be in the house of a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:10 The goods gotten by thy travel.

1 Instruction for sureties. 6 The slothful and sluggish is stirred to work. 12 He describeth the nature of the wicked. 16 The things that God hateth. 20 To observe the word of God. 24 To flee adultery.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbor, and hast stricken hands with the stranger,

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15 He shall be sore vexed, that is surety for a [a]stranger, and he that hateth suretiship, is sure.

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  1. Proverbs 11:15 He that doeth not without judgment and consideration of the circumstances, puts himself in danger, as Prov. 6:1.

16 (A)Take his [a]garment, that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

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  1. Proverbs 20:16 Teach him wit, that he cast not himself rashly into danger.

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