Proverbs 20:16
16 Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger; beware of accepting what a transient has pawned.
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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.