18
Being surety has ruined many who were prosperous, and has tossed them about like waves of the sea; it has driven the influential into exile, and they have wandered among foreign nations.
19
The sinner comes to grief through surety; his pursuit of gain involves him in lawsuits.
20
Assist your neighbor to the best of your ability, but be careful not to fall yourself.
21
The necessities of life are water, bread, and clothing, and also a house to assure privacy.
22
Better is the life of the poor under their own crude roof than sumptuous food in the house of others.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.