Proverbs 20:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ Take away the garment of him that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from him for strangers.

Proverbs 20:16 Tagairtí Cros

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Proverbs 2:16

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Proverbs 20:15

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Proverbs 20:17

If you get something by cheating, it may seem like a good thing. But in the end it will be worth nothing.

Proverbs 23:27

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Proverbs 27:13

You will lose your shirt if you make yourself responsible for another man’s debts.

Proverbs 5:3

Another man’s wife might be very charming; the words from her lips so sweet and inviting.

Proverbs 6:1

My son, don’t make yourself responsible for another person’s debts. Don’t make such deals with friends or with strangers.

Proverbs 7:10

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Proverbs 7:5

Then they will protect you from the “other women.” They will protect you from their nice words that can lead you into sin.