What does Proverbs 27:13 mean?

Proverbs 27:13 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 27:13 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

15A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

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