Commentaries on Proverbs 27:13

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. [See comments on Proverbs 20:16], where the same proverb is, and is expressed in the same words as here.

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Here is, 1. A good caution against presuming upon time to come: Boast not thyself, no, not of to-morrow, much less of many days or years to come. This does not forbid preparing for to-morrow, but presuming upon to-morrow. We must not promise ourselves the continuance of our lives and comforts till to-morrow, but...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple pass on and are punished. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, He that taketh surety is sure, but he that goeth surety for another, and especially for a stranger, will smart for it, perhaps to the day of his death.

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And take a pledge of him for a strange woman. He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. There are some men who always use such sweet words; they are so fond of you that they are up early in the morning to give you their praise, and they continue all day pouring out their flattering unction. Such blessings as these are a curse,...