Proverbs 11:13-15

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¹³ Gossips ·can’t keep [^Lgo/walk around revealing] secrets,
but a trustworthy person ·can [keeps a confidence; ^Lcovers up a word].

¹⁴ Without ·leadership [guidance] a ·nation [people] falls,
but ·lots of good advice [^Lan abundance of counselors] will ·save it [bring victory; Eccl. 9:13–15].

¹⁵ Whoever guarantees to pay somebody else’s loan will suffer.
It is safer to avoid such promises.