13Those who ◄spread gossip/tell bad things about others► will tell your secrets to others, but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets to others.
14A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have leaders who guide it wisely; but if there are many good advisors, the nation remains secure.
15If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt if he cannot pay it himself, you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else's debts.
16People honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, but that is all that they will get.
17Those who are kind benefit themselves because others will be kind to them, but those who are cruel will hurt themselves because others will be cruel to them.
18If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them because they will not keep it for very long, but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded by God forever.
19Those who always do what is right will live a long/happy life, but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live very long.
20Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
21It is certain that Yahweh will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape from being punished.
22It is ◄ unsuitable/not proper/disgusting► for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like SIM it is unsuitable/disgusting for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.
23When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good to them and to others, but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry.
Proverbs 11
Proverbs 11:13-23