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10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
    and your labors go to the house of a foreigner,

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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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Against Pledges

My child, if you have pledged to your neighbor,
    if you have bound yourself[a] to the stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 Literally “palms of your hands”

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 He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger,
    but he who refuses a pledge is safe.

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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, for he has given security to a stranger,
    and on behalf of a foreigner—take it as pledge.

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

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