Proverbs 20:16

World English Bible (2000)

Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 27:13 : 13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down, 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin. What would he sleep in? It will happen, when he cries to me, that I will hear, for I am gracious.
  • Prov 2:16 : 16 To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:10 : 10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
  • Prov 11:15 : 15 He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.
  • Prov 22:26-27 : 26 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. 27 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:13
    93%

    13Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!

  • Prov 11:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

    15He who is collateral for a stranger will suffer for it, but he who refuses pledges of collateral is secure.

    16A gracious woman obtains honor, but violent men obtain riches.

  • Job 22:6
    76%

    6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Exod 22:26
    75%

    26If you take your neighbor's garment as collateral, you shall restore it to him before the sun goes down,

  • Prov 6:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have struck your hands in pledge for a stranger;

    2You are trapped by the words of your mouth. You are ensnared with the words of your mouth.

  • Deut 24:10-13
    4 verses
    75%

    10When you do lend your neighbor any kind of loan, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge.

    11You shall stand outside, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring forth the pledge outside to you.

    12If he be a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge;

    13you shall surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before Yahweh your God.

  • Prov 5:20
    75%

    20For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

    17who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:

  • Deut 24:17
    74%

    17You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

  • Prov 22:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.

    27If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

  • Prov 17:18
    74%

    18A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes collateral in the presence of his neighbor.

  • Deut 24:6
    74%

    6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he takes [a man's] life to pledge.

  • Job 17:3
    74%

    3"Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

  • Prov 20:15
    73%

    15There is gold and abundance of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.

  • Ezek 16:32
    73%

    32A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 7:5
    73%

    5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 20:17
    72%

    17Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    72%

    24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

    25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

  • Exod 22:14-16
    3 verses
    71%

    14"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

    15If its owner is with it, he shall not make it good. If it is a leased thing, it came for its lease.

    16"If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

  • Prov 20:25
    71%

    25It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.

  • Prov 7:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20He has taken a bag of money with him. He will come home at the full moon."

    21With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

  • Prov 22:14
    70%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.

  • Gen 39:16
    70%

    16She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

  • Prov 23:33
    69%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will imagine confusing things.

  • Deut 22:14
    69%

    14and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"

  • Gen 38:20
    69%

    20Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

  • Exod 22:7
    69%

    7"If a man delivers to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house; if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

  • Prov 5:3
    69%

    3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

  • Prov 5:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel one;

    10lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich another man's house.

  • Deut 25:11
    69%

    11When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets;

  • Exod 22:11
    69%

    11the oath of Yahweh shall be between them both, whether he hasn't put his hand to his neighbor's goods; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

  • Deut 22:20
    68%

    20But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;

  • Ezek 18:7
    68%

    7and has not wronged any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment;

  • Prov 5:17
    68%

    17Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.

  • Job 36:18
    68%

    18Don't let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.

  • Prov 23:27
    68%

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.