Proverbs 11:14-16

Good News Translation

^14 (A)A nation will fall if it has no guidance. Many advisers mean security.

¹⁵ If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved.

¹⁶ A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace.

Lazy people will never have money,^[a] but aggressive people will get rich.