Proverbs 17:16-18

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Why should fools have a price in hand
    to buy wisdom, when they have no mind to learn?
¹⁷ A friend loves at all times,
    and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.
¹⁸ It is senseless to give a pledge,
    to become surety for a neighbor.