New Living Translation

Proverbs 27:12-17 New Living Translation (NLT)

12. A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.

13. Get security from someone who guarantees a stranger’s debt.Get a deposit if he does it for foreigners.

14. A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morningwill be taken as a curse!

15. A quarrelsome wife is as annoyingas constant dripping on a rainy day.

16. Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the windor trying to hold something with greased hands.

17. As iron sharpens iron,so a friend sharpens a friend.