Proverbs 20:16

Modern

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

Traditional

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Literal

Take his garment when it has been pledged for a stranger, and hold it in pledge for a foreign woman.

Latin

Tolle vestimentum ejus qui fidejussor extitit alieni, et pro extraneis aufer pignus ab eo.

Hebrew

English

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

A wise lender asks for security or a deposit on a loan. A stranger was an Israelite unknown to the lender, who then required security. Proverbs advises the wise to avoid borrowing entirely (see Proverbs 6:1–2).
This proverb's message is also found in Proverbs 6:1–5; 11:15; 17:18; 22:26.

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,
Proverbs 11:15
He who puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but the one who hates indebtedness is secure.
Proverbs 22:26–27
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Proverbs 7:5
…that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Proverbs 7:10
Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Proverbs 23:27
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.