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11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
    that I may answer him who reproaches me.
12 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
    but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take a man’s garment when he has given surety for a stranger,
    and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:13 Vg and 20.16: Heb a foreign woman

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