14 Without guidance, a people will fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.(A)

15 If someone puts up security for a stranger,
he will suffer for it,(B)
but the one who hates such agreements is protected.

16 A gracious woman gains honor,
but violent[a] people gain only riches.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:16 Or ruthless

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