Proverbs 20:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for foreigners, exact the pledge!

Cross References

Proverbs 11:15

Harm will come to anyone going surety for another, but whoever hates giving pledges is secure.

Proverbs 2:16

Saving you from a stranger, from a foreign woman with her smooth words,

Proverbs 20:15

One can put on gold and abundant jewels, but wise lips are the most precious ornament.

Proverbs 20:17

Bread earned by deceit is sweet, but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.

Proverbs 23:27

For the harlot is a deep pit, and the foreign woman a narrow well;

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger; if for a foreign woman, exact the pledge!

Proverbs 5:3

Indeed, the lips of the stranger drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have become surety to your neighbor, given your hand in pledge to another,

Proverbs 7:10

Then the woman comes to meet him, dressed like a harlot, with secret designs.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from a stranger, from the foreign woman with her smooth words.