Proverbs 17:16-21

English Standard Version

¹⁶ Why should a fool have money in his hand ^(A)to buy wisdom
    when he has no sense?
^17 (B)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.
¹⁸ One who lacks sense gives a pledge
    and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
¹⁹ Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
    he who ^(C)makes his door high seeks destruction.
^20 (D)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
    and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
²¹ He who ^(E)sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
    and the father of a fool has no joy.