Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm, but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down, for that is his only covering, and it is his cloak for his body; in what else shall he sleep? And if he cries to me, I will hear, for I am compassionate.
For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
And behold, the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of heart.
to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
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