Proverbs 20:16
Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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- Proverbs 27:13 Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
- Exodus 22:26–27 If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, 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 11:15 He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.