11 (A)Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,
So that I may (B)reply to one who taunts me.
12 A prudent person sees evil and hides himself;
But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.
13 (C)Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger;
And for a foreign woman seize a pledge from him.

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