Proverbs 20:16

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Proverbs 20:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.

16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

17 Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

18 Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 11:15

He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.

Proverbs 22:26

Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Proverbs 22:27

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Proverbs 27:13

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Exodus 22:26

If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,

Exodus 22:27

because his cloak is the only covering he has for his body. What else will he sleep in? And if he cries out to Me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.

Proverbs 2:16

It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 5:3

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

Proverbs 7:10

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.