12 Store up acts of charity in your treasuries,and it will deliver youfrom every distress.
13 More than a sturdy shieldand more than a hefty spear,it will fight for you against an enemy.
14 Good people will guarantee a loanfor neighbors,and those who have lost anysense of shame will abandon them.
15 Don’t forget the kindness of thosewho have guaranteed a loan,since they gave their lifeon your behalf.
16 Sinners will ruintheir guarantor’s property,
17 and ungrateful personsintentionally abandon their rescuers.
18 Guaranteeing a loanhas ruined many prosperous peopleand tossed them aboutlike a wave on the sea.It has led to the exile of the powerful,and they have wanderedamong foreign nations.