Pro 20:16, 22:3 | JFB | STEP | 16. Take his garment —implies severe exaction, justified by the surety's rashness. a strange woman —by some readings "strangers," but the former here, and in , is allowable, and strengthens the sense. The debauchee is less reliable than the merely careless.

Proverbs 20:16

16. Take his garment—implies severe exaction, justified by the surety's rashness.

a strange woman—by some readings "strangers," but the former here, and in Pr 27:13, is allowable, and strengthens the sense. The debauchee is less reliable than the merely careless.

Proverbs 22:3

3. are punished—that is, for their temerity; for the evil is not necessarily punitive, as the prudent might otherwise be its objects.