Proverbs 17:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁸It is senseless to give a pledge,
    to become surety for a neighbour.
¹⁹One who loves transgression loves strife;
    one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.
²⁰The crooked of mind do not prosper,
    and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

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