Proverbs 27:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹²When a wise person sees danger ahead, he avoids it.
But a foolish person keeps going and gets into trouble.

¹³Take the coat of someone who promises to pay what a stranger owes.
Keep it until he pays the stranger’s bills.

¹⁴Don’t greet your neighbor loudly early in the morning.
He will think of it as a curse.

Proverbs 27:12-14

New International Version

¹²The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.^(A)

¹³Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.^(B)

¹⁴If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning,
it will be taken as a curse.

International Children’s Bible (ICB)

New International Version (NIV)