10 strangers will drain your resources,
and your earnings will end up in a foreigner’s house.

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10     Otherwise, strangers will sap your strength,
        and your hard work will end up in a foreigner’s house.

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Financial Entanglements

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

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Or friend
  2. Proverbs 6:1 Lit or shaken hands for or with
  3. Proverbs 6:1 The Hb word for stranger can refer to a foreigner, an Israelite outside one’s family, or simply to another person.

Wise advice

My son, if you guarantee a loan for your neighbor
    or shake hands in agreement with a stranger,

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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 Guaranteeing the debt of a stranger brings big trouble,
    but the one who refuses to shake hands will be secure.

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

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 20:16 A debtor’s outer garment was held as collateral.

16 Take the garment of the person who secures a loan for a stranger;
    take his pledge for a foreigner.

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