13 Take his garment,[a]
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.[b](A)

14 If one blesses his neighbor
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it will be counted as a curse to him.

15 An endless dripping on a rainy day
and a nagging wife are alike.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:13 A debtor’s outer garment held as collateral; Dt 24:12-13,17; Jb 22:6; Am 2:8
  2. Proverbs 27:13 Lit a foreign woman

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