Proverbs 27:11-13

The Message

¹¹ Become wise, dear child, and make me happy;
    then nothing the world throws my way will upset me.

¹² A prudent person sees trouble coming and ducks;
    a simpleton walks in blindly and is clobbered.

¹³ Hold tight to collateral on any loan to a stranger;
    be wary of accepting what a transient has pawned.