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Proverbs 20:16-18
New Living Translation
Proverbs 20:16-18
New Living Translation
16 Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.
Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.[a]
17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
but it turns to gravel in the mouth.
18 Plans succeed through good counsel;
don’t go to war without wise advice.
Footnotes
- 20:16 An alternate reading in the Masoretic Text is for a promiscuous woman.
New Living Translation (NLT)
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