Proverbs 11:15-17

Good News Translation

¹⁵ If you promise to pay a stranger's debt, you will regret it. You are better off if you don't get involved.

¹⁶ A gracious woman is respected, but a woman without virtue is a disgrace.

Lazy people will never have money,^[a] but aggressive people will get rich.

¹⁷ You do yourself a favor when you are kind. If you are cruel, you only hurt yourself.