12 (A)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but (B)the simple go on and suffer for it.
13 (C)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.[a]
14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
    but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.(A)

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
    hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.(B)

14 If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
    it will be taken as a curse.

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