Proverbs 11:14-24

14 Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors [there is] safety.

15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

16 A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong [men] retain riches.

17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

19 As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

20 They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman who is without discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.