15 (A)Good sense wins (B)favor,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[a]
16 (C)Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
    (D)but a fool flaunts his folly.
17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
    but (E)a faithful envoy brings healing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut

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