Proverbs 27:12-17 New Century Version (NCV)

12. The wise see danger ahead and avoid it,but fools keep going and get into trouble.

13. Take the coat of someone who promises to pay a stranger’s loan,and keep it until he pays what the stranger owes.

14. If you loudly greet your neighbor early in the morning,he will think of it as a curse.

15. A quarreling wife is as bothersomeas a continual dripping on a rainy day.

16. Stopping her is like stopping the windor trying to grab oil in your hand.

17. As iron sharpens iron,so people can improve each other.

Proverbs 27