Proverbs 20:16-21 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

16. Take the garment of the one who became surety for a stranger;if for foreigners, exact the pledge!

17. Bread earned by deceit is sweet,but afterward the mouth is filled with gravel.

18. Plans made with advice succeed;with wise direction wage your war.

19. A slanderer reveals secrets;so have nothing to do with a babbler!

20. Those who curse father or mother—their lamp will go out in the dead of night.

21. Possessions greedily guarded at the outsetwill not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 20