Proverbs 20:16 Cross References - BBE

¹⁶ 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.

²⁶ If ever you take your neighbour's clothing in exchange for the use of your money, let him have it back before the sun goes down: ²⁷ For it is the only thing he has for covering his skin; what is he to go to sleep in? and when his cry comes up to me, I will give ear, for my mercy is great.

¹⁶ To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

³ For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

⁵ So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

¹⁰ And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

¹⁵ He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

²⁶ Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts: ²⁷ If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

²⁷ For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

¹³ 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.