Proverbs 27:11-13

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¹¹ Be wise, my child, and make ·me [^Lmy heart] happy.
Then I can respond to any insult.

¹² The ·wise [prudent] see ·danger [evil; trouble] ahead and avoid it,
but fools ·keep going [go straight to it] and ·get into trouble [or are punished].

¹³ Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s loan,
and keep it until he pays what the ·stranger [^Lforeigner] owes.