Proverbs 11:13-21

¹³A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.

¹⁴Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

¹⁵Evil one suffereth when he hath been surety for a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.

¹⁶A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible men retain riches.

¹⁷A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.

¹⁸The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness — a true reward.

¹⁹Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.

²⁰An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

²¹Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.