10 Lest aliens be filled with your [a]wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:10 Lit. strength

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

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Dangerous Promises

My son, (A)if you become [a]surety for your friend,
If you have [b]shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:1 guaranty or collateral
  2. Proverbs 6:1 Lit. struck

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

15 He who is (A)surety[a] for a stranger will suffer,
But one who hates [b]being surety is secure.

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  1. Proverbs 11:15 guaranty
  2. Proverbs 11:15 those pledging guaranty, lit. those who strike 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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16 (A)Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger,
And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

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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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