Proverbs 5:10
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10 and strangers take their fill of your wealth,
and your labors go to the house of an alien,
Proverbs 5:10
English Standard Version
10 lest strangers take their fill of your strength,
and your (A)labors go to the house of a foreigner,
Proverbs 6:1
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Practical Admonitions
6 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)
Footnotes
- 6.1 Or a stranger
Proverbs 6:1
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Practical Warnings
6 My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbor,
have (B)given your pledge for a stranger,
Proverbs 11:15
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15 To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
but there is safety in refusing to do so.
Proverbs 11:15
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15 (A)Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm,
but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)
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