Proverbs 20:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 20:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The warning against suretiship and lust are here repeated and combined (compare Proverbs 27:13 ). The judge tells the creditor to seize the goods of the surety who has been weak enough to pledge h...
Proverbs 20:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Take his (f) garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. (f) Teach him wit, that he cast not himself rashly into danger.
Proverbs 20:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20. We have still further traces in Proverbs 20:9 ; Proverbs 20:24 of the sceptical spirit and the obstinate questionings of self characteristic of the later Greek period of Jewish thou...
Proverbs 20:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

stranger . apostate. Hebrew. zur. See notes on Proverbs 2:16 ; Proverbs 5:3 . pledge of him. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis (App-6), "[Who has become security for]. foreign woman. " str...
Proverbs 20:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger - I suppose the meaning to be, If a stranger or unknown...
Proverbs 20:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And take a pledge of him for a strange woman— And pawn him to foreigners.
Proverbs 20:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Take his garment that is surety (for) a stranger - addressed to the creditor. Take from the suret...
Proverbs 20:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Raging] RV 'a brawler.' Is deceived] RM 'reeleth.' It makes a man sneer, quarrel and reel about.
Proverbs 20:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger. — Another warning against suretiship. (See above on Proverbs 6:1 .) If a man is rash enough to become surety for another, he must suffer for his imp...
Proverbs 20:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 21 IDLENESS "After the autumn gathering the slothful does not plough; he asks in the harvest, and there is nothing."- Proverbs 20:4 WE have already in the sixth lecture caught a glimps...
Proverbs 20:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The Glory of Young Men” Proverbs 20:16-30 What a wonderful thought is given in Proverbs 20:27 ! We stand like a row of unlighted candles until God's Spirit kindles us. Has the Divine Nature e...
Proverbs 20:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 20:9 . This is the eternal challenge which has but one answer. When a man recognizes this he begins to inquire for a Saviour. Verse Proverbs 20:14 . "It is bad, it is bad," is the d...
Proverbs 20:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. There i...
Proverbs 20:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger ,.... Which a man is cautioned against, Proverbs 6:1 ; but if a man will be so weak and foolish, others ought to take care of him, and be cautious h...
Proverbs 20:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Ver. 16. Take his garment. ] And so provide for their own indemnity. See Trapp on " Pro 6:1 " S...
Proverbs 20:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take his garment , &c. Namely, as a pledge, without which he ought not to be trusted, because, by the action referred to, he shows himself to be foolish, and takes the ready way to make himself...
Proverbs 20:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. Two sorts of persons are here spoken of that are ruining their own estates, and wil...
Proverbs 20:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Take his garment, to wit, as a pledge, without which he ought not to be trusted, because by this action he showeth himself to be a fool, and he taketh the ready way to beggary. Object. This prece...
Proverbs 20:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 20:16 . A strange woman . Rather, “ a stranger .” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 20:16 NECESSARY SECURITY I. An untrustworthy creditor . A man who under ordinary ci...
Proverbs 20:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:1 . Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging. In the book of Ecclesiasticus intoxication is connected with poverty, with harlots, with destruction: chap. Proverbs 19:1-2 . Cyrus, afte...
Proverbs 20:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker; or, scorner, the word ( luts ) being taken up from the last chapter. The liquor is, as it were, personified, as doing what men do under its infl...
Proverbs 20:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 16. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, for one so foolish and inconsiderate might as well hand it over at once, since he will surely lose it, and take a pledge of him for a strange...
Proverbs 20:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 22:26 ; Exodus 22:27 ; Proverbs 11:15 ; Proverbs 2:16 ; Proverbs 22:26 ; Proverbs 22:27 ; Proverbs 23:27 ; Proverbs 27:13 ; Proverbs 5:3 ; Proverbs 7:10 ; Proverbs 7:5
Proverbs 20:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take — As a pledge, without which he ought not to be trusted. Of him — That is surety.

Proverbs 20:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 20:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 20:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 20:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 20:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 20:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 20:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 20:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes