Proverbs 27:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

¹³ Any people stupid enough to promise to be responsible for a stranger's debts^[a] deserve to have their own property held to guarantee payment.

¹⁴ You might as well curse your friends as wake them up early in the morning with a loud greeting.