Proverbs 20:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

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He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,

And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.