Proverbs 17:15-20

¹⁵The person who acquits the wicked person and the person who condemns the righteous person— both are an abomination to Yahweh.

¹⁶Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, when he has no ability to learn it?

¹⁷A friend is loving at all times and a brother is born for times of trouble.

¹⁸A man having no sense makes binding promises and becomes responsible for his neighbor's debts.

¹⁹Whoever loves conflict loves sin; the one who makes the threshold of his door too high causes bones to be broken.

²⁰A person who has a crooked heart finds nothing that is good; the one who has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.