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14 Where there is no guidance, a nation[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.(A)
15 To guarantee loans for a stranger brings trouble,
    but there is safety in refusing to do so.
16 A gracious woman gets honor,
    but she who hates virtue is covered with shame.[b]
The timid become destitute,[c]
    but the aggressive gain riches.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 11.14 Or an army
  2. 11.16 Compare Gk Syr: Heb lacks but she . . . shame
  3. 11.16 Gk: Heb lacks The timid . . . destitute