Proverbs
Chapters 17:12-18
New International Version Anglicized
12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubsthan a fool bent on folly.
13Evil will never leave the houseof one who pays back evil for good.
14Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent –the Lord detests them both.
16Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom,when they are not able to understand it?
17A friend loves at all times,and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
18One who has no sense shakes hands in pledgeand puts up security for a neighbour.