Exo 22:26, Pro 6:1-4, 20:16, 22:26-27 | ESV | STEP | If ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge , you shall return it to him before the sun goes down ,

Exodus 22:26

26 ^aIf ever you take your neighbor’s cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,

Proverbs 6:1-4

Practical Warnings

1 My son, if you have put up ^bsecurity for your neighbor,
have ^cgiven your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you are ^dsnared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten, ^{▼▼Or humble yourself} and ^fplead urgently with your neighbor.
4 ^gGive your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;

Proverbs 20:16

16 ^hTake a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and ⁱhold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners. ^{▼▼Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)}

Proverbs 22:26-27

26 Be not one of those who ^kgive pledges,
who put up security for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should ^lyour bed be taken from under you?