Proverbs 17:18-20

International Children’s Bible

¹⁸It is not wise to promise
to pay what your neighbor owes.

¹⁹Whoever loves to quarrel loves to sin.
Whoever is proud is asking for trouble.

²⁰A person with an evil heart will find no success.
And the person whose words are evil will get into trouble.

Proverbs 17:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.^(A)

¹⁹Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin;
whoever builds a high gate invites destruction.

²⁰One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

International Children’s Bible (ICB)

New International Version (NIV)