16 Take the garment of one who is surety for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for a seductress.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 20:16

Commentary on Proverbs 20:16

(Read Proverbs 20:16)

Those ruin themselves who entangle themselves in rash suretiship. Also those who are in league with abandoned women. Place no confidence in either.