Proverbs 20:16 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁶ 3 Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: And take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ [The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge that is surety for foreigners.

Common English Bible

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ Take away the vestments of him who stands up to vouch for a stranger, and take a pledge from him instead of from outsiders.

Proverbs 20:16 Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

2 A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish.

Proverbs 2:16

My son, forget not my law, and let thy heart keep my commandments.

Proverbs 20:15

2 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord and he will deliver thee.

Proverbs 20:17

4 The steps of man are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?

Proverbs 23:27

4 And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.

Proverbs 27:13

0 Hell and destruction are never filled: so the eyes of men are never satisfied.

Proverbs 5:3

0 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,

Proverbs 6:1

Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

Proverbs 7:10

7 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:5

2 Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.