Proverbs 20:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ If you know what you are talking about, you have something more valuable than gold or jewels.

¹⁶ Anyone stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger's debts ought to have their own property held to guarantee payment.

¹⁷ What you get by dishonesty you may enjoy like the finest food, but sooner or later it will be like a mouthful of sand.