Proverbs 27:13
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
King James Version
In Context
12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Cross References
Exodus 22:26If thou at all take thy neighbour’s raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 27:13
12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. This we had before, ch. xxii. 3 . Note, 1. Evil may be foreseen. Where there is temptation, it is easy to foresee that if we thrust ourselves into it there will be sin, and as easy to foresee that if we venture upon the evil of sin there will follow the evil of punishment; and, commonly, God warns before he wounds, having set watchmen over us, Jer. vi. 17 . 2. It will be well or ill with us according as we do or do… Read the whole commentary →