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14 Where there is no guidance, a nation[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counsellors there is safety.
15 To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
    but there is safety in refusing to do so.
16 A gracious woman gets honour,
    but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.[b]
The timid become destitute,[c]
    but the aggressive gain riches.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:14 Or an army
  2. Proverbs 11:16 Compare Gk Syr: Heb lacks but she . . . shame
  3. Proverbs 11:16 Gk: Heb lacks The timid . . . destitute

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