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12 The clever see danger and hide;
    but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger;
    seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.[a]
14 Whoever blesses a neighbour with a loud voice,
    rising early in the morning,
    will be counted as cursing.

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

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