Proverbs 18:19-21

Good News Translation

¹⁹ Help your relatives and they will protect you like a strong city wall,^[a] but if you quarrel with them, they will close their doors to you.

²⁰ You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say. ²¹ What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.