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Righteousness guardeth [a]him that is upright in the way;
But wickedness overthroweth [b]the sinner.
There is that [c]maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing:
There is that [d]maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
The ransom of a man’s life is his riches;
But the poor heareth no [e]threatening.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:6 Hebrew uprightness of way.
  2. Proverbs 13:6 Hebrew sin.
  3. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  4. Proverbs 13:7 Or, feigneth
  5. Proverbs 13:8 Or, rebuke